Category Archives: Devotional

Made For Each Other

Our desire for true relationship is yet another indicator of God’s claim upon our lives. The image of God we have from Scripture is that of a relational God. Theologians spill much ink delineating the triune nature of God. This … Continue reading

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The Hidden Spring

N.T. Wright describes man’s search for spirituality as a spring hidden deep within the human heart, bubbling forth from the deep places of our soul. This desire, according to Wright, is given us by our Creator God and indicates that … Continue reading

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Putting the World to Rights

I’m currently reading N. T. Wright’s Simply Christian for one of my grad classes. Wright has a tremendous gift for taking weighty theological concepts and making them palatable on the popular level. That’s his M.O. with Simply Christian, his explanation … Continue reading

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A New Season

At an early age, God placed a dream in my heart. As a young boy growing up in the College Street Church of Christ in Lebanon, Tennessee, I listened as Brother Larry Locke spoke to us each week from God’s … Continue reading

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Global Faith

I was a junior in high school when the Rwandan Genocide occurred in 1994. It’s estimated that nearly 1 million Tutsis and Hutus were massacred by extremist Hutu militia groups. The world was stunned at such horrifying savagery; men, women … Continue reading

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My Idea of Heaven

I’ve been trying to write this blog for a week and a half now. But each time I try, it seems like something comes up or I choose to blog about something else. But this pleurisy is really slowing me … Continue reading

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A Night to Forget

Some 393 days ago, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. Category 5 winds and waves crushed the city of New Orleans, her residents forced to flee, strewn across the nation like so much wind-tossed debris. Katrina’s impact was at once … Continue reading

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Daddy

Sunny told me something tonight on the way to my softball game. She went to pick up the kids from preschool yesterday and there was a guy behind her walking to the same classroom. He was about my size with … Continue reading

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A Ring, A Bumper Sticker and Gary

This is a picture of my high school ring. I haven’t worn it in years. In fact, I’ve hardly worn it at all. Apparently the whole point of having a high school ring is to give it to a girl. … Continue reading

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A God-Context

The older I get, the more I realize how blessed I am. From a very early age, I was given a grid, a God-context, for interpreting everything. As far back as I can remember, my family was taking me to … Continue reading

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