Apprentice 2 Jesus

  • The gift of tongues

    I grew up in a Pentecostal denomination. I was a minister for over 30 years in a Pentecostal denomination. I remain immensely thankful to God for the background I have been gifted and the rootedness I have in a faith that interacts with the Spirit and looks to what God can indeed do today in… Read more

  • Jesus ruling this world

    I am working my way through NT Wright’s new book, The Challenge of Acts. He does a quick summary of Acts 1 and then asks some significant questions. Read more

  • The broader gospel

    I have had NT Wright’s new book, The Challenge of Acts, on my shelf for awhile. I have some time to pull it out and begin to work through it. A small book, but NT Wright find’s his ways of making every word count. While I wish it to be a “quick read,” it will… Read more

  • We don’t always get answers, but we get his presence

    I get a weekly communication from Renovare and the letter this week from Brian Morykon was deeply moving. I couldn’t find an online version to link to, so I am just cutting and pasting, hoping I’m not violating any copyright laws in the process. Read more

  • Building character

    There are some practices we can install into our lives that build deep character. It’s beyond the quick dopamine hits we get from short videos or quick hits on social media. This is the deeper work we need to rebuild in our lives. A few years ago, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist, Angela Duckworth, got… Read more

  • Legacy

    This week we witnessed the national mourning of Jimmy Carter. Viewings in Atlanta and Washington, followed by his funeral, attended by all five living presidents. I was still in elementary school when he was elected president. My only memories of him were around the hostage crisis in Iran, so at that time I was cemented… Read more

  • All I have

    There are some challenges I’ve given myself in the new year, one of which being more in the Word and less on social media. It’s all a work in progress. May 2025 find me leaning in to hear the Spirit speaking through the Word. I want to understand his whispering to me on a regular… Read more

  • Sermon on Simeon and Anna

    This past Sunday I was grateful to preach on Simeon and Anna. LISTEN HERE. I need the example of Simeon and Anna in my life. To wait. To anticipate. To hear the voice of the Spirit. Read more

  • Thoughts on stupidity

    I am reading through Letters and Papers from Prison (Bonhoeffer) from the Fortress Press series. This volume opens with a prologue, which seems to be some reflections from Bonhoeffer around 1942. It’s been about 10 years since Hitler has hit the scene and Bonhoeffer is reflecting on key areas that have been influential in that… Read more

  • Living in Chaos — The path of simplicity

    The past few months have been spent digging a little more into the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Lately that has been looking to untangle the complicated life he led so I’ve opened up some books looking at other people trying to track Bonhoeffer’s theological process. And I’m in deep weeds. Read more