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Politics and Faith

  • When Hope Feels Delayed

    Have you ever prayed for something — and gotten nothing back? Not a no. Not a yes. Just silence. Week after week. Month after month. Maybe years. And you’re starting to wonder if the line is even connected anymore. If… Continue reading

  • Learning to See

    25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!” – John 9:25 There is a man sitting at the side of the road in John… Continue reading

  • Leaving What Is Familiar

    When was the last time your faith actually cost you something? Not an inconvenience. Not giving up Netflix for Lent so you can feel disciplined and then binge watch it all of April to catch up. I mean something real,… Continue reading

  • From Garden to Wilderness

    We don’t usually wake up planning to distrust God. We wake up wanting coffee. Stability. A calm news cycle…for once. We want our aches to behave and our retirement accounts to hold steady. We want things to feel secure. That’s… Continue reading

  • You Are Special

    One of the quiet lies implanted into American culture is that people are only as valuable as what they produce. We rarely say it out loud, but we live like it’s true. Your worth is tied to your job title,… Continue reading

  • Faith Under Fire: The Integrity We’ve Lost

    If you want to know who someone really is, don’t look at their public statements—look at what they do when their reputation or comfort is on the line. That’s where real character shows up. Daniel’s story from the lions’ den… Continue reading

  • Abiding in Jesus in a World of Noise

    Most of us live off spiritual “snacks.” A quick verse from our Bible app, a short prayer before bed, maybe a worship song in the car on the way to work. None of that is bad, but it won’t fill… Continue reading

  • When Believing Is Hard

    Let’s be honest—there are moments when belief feels impossible. You might not say it out loud, especially not in church, but you’ve had that thought: “Is this whole Jesus thing really true?” If you’ve felt that way, you’re not a bad… Continue reading

  • Sunday, June 22, 2025

    Peace in the Storm On Sunday, I preached from Mark 4:35–41, the story of Jesus calming the storm. If you’ve ever sat through a Midwest thunderstorm with the windows rattling and the power flickering, you get a taste of what… Continue reading