There are seasons in life where our emotions become a jumble, and we feel as though we are being tossed around in violent rapids–drowning for want of breath.
Tag: Grief
Life in the Maelstrom
One of the things I’ve discovered over the years is the call to pastoring means spending a great deal of time in the maelstrom we call, “grief.”
Long Term
Next month will mark the eighteenth anniversary of my first Sunday at Central Baptist. Looking back over the years I’ve been here I can see how much has changed. I’m not the same person I was back in 2003, and neither is this church. In a lot of ways Central and I have grown together–pushing…
A Parting Gift
This past weekend I had my first experience with a “natural burial.” It was a transformative experience.
Short Story Friday, “The Embrace”
Oscar glanced across the room, where his mother was sitting by herself.
A Time For Grief
This is the weirdest Holy Week I have ever experienced.
Painfully Hopeful 