Making Sense of God When Life Doesn’t Make Sense

How would your life be transformed if… …the answers to your questions about faith, God and life no longer made sense, you discovered that happiness and success were not guaranteed, you struggled to make sense of the hurt, pain and disappointment you ever encountered? Would you... …give up, become apathetic, keep dancing? As for me, …

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Slowing Down

In an age where everything moves so fast, it is becoming increasingly difficult to slow down and find time to sit, reflect, and be still with God. I, myself, find the need to constantly check my email, facebook, my blog stats, and so many other online stats that even when I am in the position …

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A Third Great Awakening?

I have a confession to make. I was not always interested in social justice and reconciliation. As a matter of fact, at one point I could care less about it. It was not because I thought feeding the poor and relieving their plight was a bad idea; but in all honesty the whole idea of …

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Why I Am Thankful

On April 5, only two weeks ago, I started working for a really cool nonprofit in the Twin Cities. And I thank God because two weeks prior to this I was laid off from my job of two years. Its funny, ironic even, how the Lord decides to work in our lives sometimes. I really …

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Finding Faith

Dark Night

The dark night of the soul is a daunting place in life, a place that I would not wish on my worst enemy. It represents a season of obscurity, incomparable to anything else. It is a season of wandering through desert places and navigating through the valley of the shadow of many deaths, producing lack …

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