I benefited from several mentors who helped me develop confidence in what God was doing in me.
The View from Here
- March 20, 2024| |
Through the eyes of immigrants and people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, God gives us a mirror and a lens to see ourselves as we truly are.
- March 6, 2024| |
As a denomination, we have committed to “listen to the voices of every generation, shaping us for ministry together.”
- January 31, 2024| |
If Jesus walked among us today, I know he would have a bench, or at least a retreat spot.
- January 17, 2024| |
Gratitude is the primary and default posture of serving in God’s kingdom. But that doesn’t mean it will be easy.
- December 20, 2023| |
Advent teaches us that the fullness of time is a pretty good thing.
- November 1, 2023| |
Jesus taught us to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread.” It can be hard to grasp the depth of that prayer, however, when many of us are insulated from the precariousness of life.
This simple concept of shalom as “the way things ought to be” has given me a lot of personal satisfaction in the work we have done on our home.
- August 23, 2023| |
What lies behind wisdom most fundamentally is an orientation to learning.
- June 21, 2023| |
When faced with conflicts over our cherished things, we often default to either “fight” or “flight.”
- May 24, 2023| |
I can share two non-negotiable characteristics of a healthy, growing church.
There is no official program, and until recently most in the church did not know he was doing it.
- April 26, 2023| |
Scripture tells us that the best windows into God’s divine being are God’s image bearers—and about half of those image bearers in the world today are women.
When I read the book of Acts I see the same patterns of the Spirit’s movement that I see today.
- March 8, 2023| |
The diversity of the church is a window into God’s soul. And we’ve been trying to catch up since Genesis.
- February 1, 2023| |
A version of founder’s syndrome lies behind our reluctance to invest in emerging leaders.
We want to be a denomination anchored in God’s love for us and propelled by God’s desire to see us grow.
- December 7, 2022| |
Incarnation is one reason I love being a Christian.
- October 26, 2022| |
The Reformed teaching that my worldview affected how I consumed or produced media and culture was eye-opening.
All too often, witness to the gospel has been mixed with patterns of economic and cultural domination.
- August 31, 2022| |
누구도 우리의 삶과 사역에서 지속적인 배움의 가치를 부인하지 않을 것입니다. 그러나 신기하게도 우리는 종종 그 가치를 간과합니다.
- August 31, 2022| |
Nadie puede negar el valor del aprendizaje continuo en nuestra vida y ministerio, pero, curiosamente, a menudo lo pasamos por alto.
As I look back on my time as executive director of the CRCNA, it seems improbable that so much has happened in the life of our church and denomination in such a short time (February 2020 to June 2022).
By any measure, Jesus’ final prayer carries great weight.