A couple weeks ago, I wrote my final paper for my Prophets class on Isaiah 58, true fasting. Never has a paper or passage so deeply convicted me. After submitting it, I sat with my roommate over dinner and gave her the Reader's Digest pop version with tears in my eyes, feeling very sympathetic to Isaiah's deep … Continue reading How to Return to Church

The black community lost another one of its own recently. In responding to the outcry of support that the victim received on social media, I suggested that there were a number of ways concerned white people could be involved outside of social media campaigns that would be quickly forgotten. Rather than answer the specific question … Continue reading 51 questions to get you started

I’ve been spending a lot of time in the prophets lately. Partially because that is the class I’m taking in seminary this semester and partially because one of my writing projects called for a deep dive in those books. As the world feels like it melts around me, I’ve found the prophets a comfort. Yes, … Continue reading Perfect Peace

“Like Jesus, and like the apostles, our asking is related to our assurance of God’s fathering. The object of all asking and the consequent source of all answering is the Father.” Stuart McAlpine  Just Asking: Restoring the Soul of Prayer    I never used to give much thought to how I opened my prayers. God, … Continue reading Our Father

In middle school, I would often get the most perplexing response to asking a classmate for gum: “It’s my last piece.” “But” I thought, “it wasn’t your only piece. And someone has to eat it.” Besides, they had the second to last piece in their mouth as we spoke. Why be a scrooge with the … Continue reading Under the Influence of Mercy: How the Gospel Makes Us Generous

The three years immediately after I returned to the US from living in China are both hard to speak about and about which I have most to say. They have been some of the most significant in my journey with the Lord so far. I moved to Boston at the height of the global financial … Continue reading When Winter Tarries