Overly Careful to Wisely Careless: A Journey Back to Trust
When trust is broken, pain can echo through every new relationship. Healing means learning to decode the white noise — those whispers that say everyone will leave. God invites us into something different: to risk love again, to let safe people stay. Healing happens in community, through presence and grace, until we finally believe what’s always been true — we are loved and never alone.
Trouble Brings Me Back
Bad news hit like a cannonball: a massive, unexpected tax bill on top of triple tuition and soaring costs. Jenn and I spun scenarios, fear rising — until we realized we hadn’t prayed. Trouble exposed what I was trusting. When God is first, I’m steadied; when outcomes are first, I’m tossed. Trials can grow endurance (James 1:2–4). Today, I’m learning to wear the world loosely and run back to him.
Fences Fall, Grace Rises
When a fence came down between our yard and our neighbor’s, I felt the pull to protect what was mine. But God whispered, ‘You’ve already got everything you need.’ He reminded me that I’m not an orphan fighting for ground — I’m a son, loved and provided for. When fences fall, grace rises. And in that space, God teaches us to trust again.
Crab Treasures and Learning to Let Go
A hermit crab dragging a pen across the sand reminds me of how tightly we hold things not meant for us. He thought he’d found treasure, but I knew it was dangerous. We’re the same with burdens and misplaced desires — clutching what will only harm us. God invites us to let go, trusting him to carry what we cannot.
Taking That Leap of Faith
Taking a leap of faith isn’t about one audacious jump — it’s about the small, daily steps of trust and obedience that prepare us for the moment we’re called to move. Peter didn’t step onto the water on impulse; his trust had been building with every encounter with Jesus. When the time came, his faith had already been forged. What if the leap you’re afraid to take is one you’ve been preparing for all along?
Miracles, God, Faith, Ecumenism And Other Cosmic Oddities
The universe buzzes with mysteries we can’t fully grasp, but one truth stands firm: God’s love is real and reaches everyone. Miracles, those inexplicable interruptions of the ordinary, remind us that God cares deeply — even when the answers we long for don’t come. Faith doesn’t demand certainty, but it invites us to trust in a divine love that holds us steady through every moment.
The Surprising Power of Identity
What if the name God calls you could reshape your entire life? In the stillness of a mountainside, you hear him speak a new identity over you — one that invites you into deeper trust, adventure and surrender. It’s a reminder that knowing who you are in his eyes can transform everything, guiding you into a life of purpose and connection like never before.
Let’s Follow and Lead by Faith
Faith calls us to release control, trusting that God can work powerfully in our everyday moments. A simple, heartfelt conversation sparked an unexpected transformation, illustrating how letting go of our need to feel capable opens space for real change. Leading by faith means making small choices to trust, even when we don’t have all the answers, and that’s where God meets us.
An Interview with Dallas Willard
People who say they trust Jesus as Redeemer and do not bend every effort to obey him are self-deceived. They do not trust him. They trust some story about him.
The Most Beautiful Questions to Ask God
There were seasons when turning my attention to God had a rhythm that was regular but anything but predictable. When the kids were at school, and the house was quiet for a few hours, I would lay on the floor, my hands pressed to the wood, my knees on the carpet. I’d place my journal near me because I found that transcribing our conversations–words too kind and intensely loving to be my own–helped me hear them. It became an exercise in discernment. I was learning the sound of his voice in my heart; I was learning to trust that the words weren’t just thoughts of my own.
Where the Road Climbs
Jesus loves us too much not to help us face our disordered attachments, our coping mechanisms and addictions. So, to stay at his side, to match his stride, we must begin to face our deep hurts.
Humility: The Practice of Radical Trust
Humility will come to us all. ... But there are two paths to humility. The first is to humble yourself. It’s the decision to wake up to your reality, to say to God, 'I don’t know why this is the way it is, and I don’t know when it will end, but I trust You. I want to serve You. I will humble myself to show up today with joy and obedience and a heart to serve others.' The other way is to be humbled.