In a world that had completely lost its mind, three words stand out like a lighthouse. Noah walked with God. That’s it. That’s the whole description. No list of big achievements. No résumé of religious accomplishments. No monuments built in God’s honor. Just three words that captured everything about who this man was. He walked with God. And that phrase…
The Shadow of the Ark – Part 2: Walking with God
In a world that had completely lost its mind, three words stand out like a lighthouse. Noah walked with God. That’s it. That’s the whole
The Shadow of the Ark – Part 3: The Absurdity of Obedience
Let’s be honest about what God actually asked Noah to do. Build a boat. Massive. Bigger than anything that had ever been constructed. We’re talking
The Shadow of the Ark – Part 1: The Heartbreak of God
We picture God’s judgment as a gavel coming down from a distance. Calculated. Cold. A God who watches humanity spiral from a billion miles away
The Loop of Humanity Part 7 – The Kill Shot
“Who told you that you were naked?” the Lord God asked. Genesis 3:11 And then, the blame game starts. Adam blames Eve. Adam even blames
The Loop of Humanity Part 6 – The Sound in the Garden
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife
The Loop of Humanity Part 5 – Modern Fig Leaves
“At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.” You
The Loop of Humanity Part 4 – The Ultimate Bait and Switch
“You won’t die!” the serpent replied. “God knows that your eyes will be opened… and you will be like God.” He starts off with a
The Loop of Humanity Part 3 – Distance and Distortion
What is Satan’s first move? He asks a question. “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” Now, this
The Loop of Humanity Part 2 – The Enemy in the Garden
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.” — Genesis 3:1 Who is the
The Loop of Humanity
I’m a big supporter of journaling. It is the one habit that I can say, without hesitation, has changed my life. It wasn’t something I
The Badge of Busyness Part 4 – The Open Door: Living in the Seventh Day Every Day.
“And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good (Tov Meod). And there was evening and there was morning, the
Badge of Busyness Part 3 – Shabbat, Nuakh, Shalom: Reclaiming the Art of Truly Dwelling
We talked about the need to “zoom out” and the reality that we were designed to be creators. But there is a final step in
Badge of Busyness Part 2 – Naturally Creative; Find the Divine in the Daily
God models the rhythm of life from the very beginning: Create, complete, and rest. Many of us hear the word “create” and immediately tune out.
The Badge of Busyness and the Rhythm of Life
“So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. On the seventh day God had finished his work of
Cleansing the Temple Within: A New Year’s Call to Holy Subtraction
As we waive goodbye to 2025 and welcome in a new year, we all will experience a wide range of emotions—hope for fresh possibilities and
There is Only One Story
We’ve spent time walking through the Greatest Story. We have looked at: The Author who wrote His own story.The Creator who spoke stars into existence
Final Chapter – All Things New
All Things New(The Final Chapter of the Greatest Story Ever Told) We’ve walked the whole road together now. The Creator spoke galaxies and called it
Chapter 4 – The Warrior’s Story: A Rescue Mission in a Manger
We’ve seen the glory of Chapter 1: Creation. We’ve watched the tragedy of Chapter 2: The Fall and the first gospel promise. We’ve traced the
Chapter 3 – The Story We Tried to Rewrite
We have met the Author.We’ve seen the opening chapter filled with a roaring crescendo of “very good. Adam and Eve literally walked with the Author
Chapter 2: The Art of the Story: The Creator Who Called You “Very Good”
The First Page Was Written by the Same Hands That Were Nailed to the Cross We are establishing that we’re living inside the greatest story
Chapter 1 – The Author of the Story: Meeting the One Who Holds the Pen
Last week we asked the question Sam Gamgee whispered under the stars: “What sort of a tale have we fallen into?” Today, we go one
Advent Intro – What Sort of Tale Have We Fallen Into?
Who doesn’t love a good story? Little kids would stay up all night if you read “just one more.” We’ll binge an entire season of
Altogether Joyful: How an Ancient Biblical Feast Became the Heart of Thanksgiving
Most of us picture Pilgrims, turkey, parades and maybe a football game when we think of Thanksgiving. But long before Plymouth Rock, God built a
The Power of a Moment – From One Day to Day One
I had this phrase on a whiteboard in my office for a few months. I’m not sure where I first heard it but if you