Many of us have a love-hate relationship with “reconciliation” – as most of us would argue that it’s simply hard. I mean REALLY hard and often times painful. And yet the difficulty or pain of it shouldn’t deter us from the holiness of it. Continue reading FamilyFire: TRYING to Reconcile My Struggle with Reconciliation
Outside of being a minister and writing my own meandering thoughts sometimes I also carve out a little time to write for a branch of the denomination that I serve (Christian Reformed Church) called “FamilyFire.” Their goal is to provide blogs and thoughts from a Christian worldview. The hope is that we all realize we struggle and we all need help. They have wonderful stuff … Continue reading FamilyFire: Confronting My Fears
Body issues? Welcome to the club…it’s a BIG club regardless of what people say! But let’s stop listening to others…(and even ourselves) and start listening to God. Continue reading FamilyFire: Object in mirror…
This is a blog that was written for FamilyFire and so the link inside will take you there. The topic? Death and the HOPES of reclaiming LIFE from its grips. Continue reading FamilyFire: Confronting Our Mortality
I frequently write for a branch of the church denomination that I serve (Christian Reformed Church) called “FamilyFire.” Their goal is to provide blogs and thoughts to help others with struggles and also to give encouragement – and sometimes those writings I do for them actually find their place and get published. This blog, on “Letting Go of Shame” is one of those. This blog, … Continue reading FamilyFire: Letting Go of Shame
This blog is a link to a blog I wrote for FamilyFire on “continuing the date” and encouraging those of use who are married to go BACK to those “dating actions” that seem to stop once we say “I do!” Continue reading FamilyFire: Continuing the Date
Being created as communal people, by God, definitely does not mean that fellowship is easy. But understanding how and why we have fellowship with one another sure makes it easier. Continue reading FamilyFire: A Broken and Perfect Fellowship
