Articles (published and non-published)

• Soaking my soul--dissolving my phobia - An autobiographical piece on why I soak my soul with God's Word each morning
  
  
• 'Following the peace' - One person's journey toward intimacy with God
  
  
• My son's stuffed green frog and my church - Something can be dirty, misshapen...and beloved! A sort of "reverse mob psychology" happens in the church
  
  
• Apostle Paul--a sexist? Not! - His ancient document instructed humanity to liberate women...the right way
  
  
• Olympic-style training for marriage - What if the ecstacy and glory of happily married couples was captured on prime time TV?!
  
  
• The love that surprises - This ethical teaching of Jesus is unique to him, and our first reaction is "no wonder!"
  
  
• How to move the world onward and upward - Dose of encouragement for us all to give encouragement
  
  
• Handling differing ideas in church discussions - When I disagree, should I lay my ideas against or alongside those already voiced?
  
  
• A question for my Calvinist friends - An audacious attempt at letting the Bible speak...and acknowledging the mystery that is God
  
  
• We can have confidence in the Bible - Someone struggling to believe that all the Bible's teachings are inspired by God may (!) find believing easier after reading the two observations made in this article
  
  
• The Bible may be "inerrant"--in a nuanced sense - It's possible that some of the "errors" of the Bible are not the Bible's fault, but ours!
  
  
• Movement is meaning - How to read what the Bible says on slavery, war, women, etc.
  
  
• Show mercy like Jesus - Without it we become Pharisees. See the power of mercy in Greg Boyd’s story of Suzie.
  
  
• Several articles on the same-sex issue and the church