I will reiterate my statement we released at @CCPublicLife following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump's life: “It is not just the act of violence but the spirit of violence that must be opposed. It is not just the action to harm another which must be opposed but the desire that harm would fall to another. If we do not have the courage to pursue a politics of love, our political heart will become consumed by hate.”

I just read a list of administrative tasks a full time admin staff member could do for our team. Now I see why I feel so tired and why I feel like I have no time to do my actual job.

Bad news is, I have mono. Good news is that I spent the whole day laying in bed on October the 24th, if you want to know. #IYKYK

The Beautiful Letdown (Our Version) Deluxe Edition is out now! We’re beyond grateful and humbled that all of these incredible artists took these songs and made them their own. Listen now wherever you get your music! stem.ffm.to/thebeautifulletd…

Oh God, make it stop. 💔

As a minister, I believe in the power of prayer. I am also responsible (to people and God) to do my part to create flourishing. We cannot appeal to God’s sovereignty to not do our jobs. Have we forgotten the parable of the talents?

Vice Verses - Switchfoot Strict Joy - The Swell Season Air For Free - Relient K Funeral - Arcade Fire Storyboards - Sleeping At Last Honorable mentions: Through the Deep, Dark Valley- The Oh Hello’s Home - Josh Garrels

I was thinking this morning how we’re all disciples of someone. Of some entity. Some doctrine. I was thinking how quickly you can tell these days which news networks we’re discipled by. I’m not just talking about one in particular. Take your pick. We the people have become we the parrots. No nuance. No critical thinking. No inconvenient listening. No attempts to understand other views. Just parrots. We have chosen the narrow way alright. Just not the narrow way Jesus meant. His narrow way opens wide our heart’s capacity to love (even our enemies!) and our mind’s capacity to consider others as more important than ourselves. If we hate more people and spew more derision than we did 5 years ago, we may believe in Jesus but make no mistake. We are not his disciples.

The onslaught of AI girlfriend apps advertising overnight is terrifying.

“The entire population of the world must be reached in every generation, because places that are considered reached today are just one generation from paganism.” —Susan Booth Now THAT is a God-sized missiology.

Having the audacity to claim that the second person of the Triune Godhead and the collective 66 books of the Bible are, in fact, not the same thing.

I get chills now just thinking of this CD starting and that bass shaking the minivan 20 years ago. My life was change forever.

You’ve done the turkey, but how about the tomb trot? 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

I would love to see picture books for adults normalized.

In 2016, while firmly planted in evangelical spaces, I couldn’t understand how the same people who taught me a strict sexual ethic were mad at me b/c I couldn’t vote for guy bragging about sexually assaulting women and on his third marriage. That was the beginning of the end.

Ignition: *beep beep* low fuel! Me: Tell me about it.

Churches Irish pubs On Easter 🤝 On St Paddy’s “We’re actually Open all year!”

My daughter’s defense for biting her brother: “I was kissing him with my teeth!”

My thoughts and prayers go out to all my fellow young parents out there. May you survive this daylight savings night.