Halloween has always been my favorite holiday! Christmas never felt quite as happy to me. It always felt complicated, like I was supposed to feel

Decades ago, my friend and his wife visited their pastor wondering why his sermons seemed to be so complicated and vague. At some point in

My primary orientation is toward the past. I learned this when a friend and fellow enneagram-enthusiast told me that different numbers on the enneagram have

“There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one

It’s a familiar hymn. I’ve sung it dozens of times in my life. More than that, it’s been sung in various settings and languages (starting with

I love Jesus so much I am afraid to talk about him. Jesus loves me so much he does not stop talking to me, not

It’s hard not to notice all the reboots in our popular culture. Sequels, prequels, origin stories, and updates to books, films, adaptations, musicals and music

I am writing this at midnight on my 29th birthday. October always stirs up bittersweetness for me. I grieve for the end of warm days