I love listening to broken people talk about God. There is no moralizing, no pontificating, no fake humility about how they are just so blessed. Just. So. Blessed. Give me a good alcoholic who has to try every day to stay on the wagon, give me someone who has had their heart broken once or […]

I was listening to Kate Bowler interview the great theologian NT Wright here. Wright said something that took my breath away. He said that when he teaches pastors he tells them something like, "When you look out at all the faces in your congregation remember that behind every face is a secret sorrow." Behind every […]

We have a great version of Handel's Messiah we love to listen to during the Advent and Christmas season. The louder, the better, to be honest. The very first words sung are these: “Comfort ye… comfort ye, my people …” These haunting words are from the prophet Isaiah, chapter 40, where the great prophet writes: […]