When I became more vocal about some of my evolving beliefs, I stopped getting invited to preach in many of the places where I was a regular guest speaker. I don't regret this, but it's a somewhat depressing reality. Many of you have experienced similar feelings in your church communities as...

I'm a bit late on last year's book recap, but there were a lot of good ones. Thankfully I was able to get through a hundred books again this year (it was my fourth year hitting that goal). For my fellow book nerds, I've also recently switched from Goodreads to The StoryGraph to keep tabs on my...

There's some debate about whether we should give gifts to each other at Christmas as adults. Obviously, to a kid, this is a huge part of the fun of Christmas. And while most of the adults we buy gifts for could buy it on their own, I do enjoy the thoughtfulness of finding something that will...