In the well-known story of Jesus calming the storm, Mark tells us that there were “other boats” with them. Jeremy wonders what became of those other boats. Mark 4:35-41

A lesson my son Isaak has been teaching me this past year through a difficult trial.

A reflection on the very different lives of my two childhood pet cats, including Pierre, our French beret wearing, cigar smoking adventurer who sailed off into the sunset during the super storm of 1987.

Let’s talk parables and piano lessons, pew sitters and kingdom protégés in light of Mark 4:33-34 in today’s lectionary reflection.

I bare my soul in this episode, discussing my struggle to measure impact in ministry and how I’m learning to let God worry about the results of my writing, teaching, and pastoring efforts. The cover image is my “imago vita” — a concrete snapshot of the person God is making me into.

Let’s go back to that garden of old and find glimmers of Grace in the sound of his footsteps and voice. Lectionary Reflection: Genesis 3:8-15

Thoughts on family dynamics and my desire and struggle to show up as an introverted uncle.

Psalm 139 can help us navigate the dark cloud of depression as we learn to give more weight to God’s thoughts toward us than our own misleading thoughts about ourselves.

In my early 20s, struggling with life and worried about my future, I sought refuge under the arms of an old oak tree and wrote this poem.

A childhood trip to the pet store and Romans 8:12-17.