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A Few “What ifs” for the United Methodist Church

Conversations these days about the future of the United Methodist Church tend to go something like this: “What do you think is going to happen at General Conference?” “I have

The day Jesus showed up dressed as a cop

Heather Glover is our Director of Community Life at Mosaic. Today, I share her story as a testament to the power of Jesus to make all things new: Healing. Whether

What a tarantula can teach you about resurrection

If you’ve never seen a tarantula shed its skin, you need to see it (a link is below; be aware that it isn’t very pretty, so don’t watch it if

Is God Crazy? (or is it me?)

The Gods Must Be Crazy is the story of a remote African tribal village that finds a Coke bottle in the jungle. It seems to have fallen from the sky,

You are going to die. (What are you going to do about it?)

One of my top-ten favorite movies is What About Bob? In one scene, Bob and Sigmund (or Siggy) are in Siggy’s room having a sleep-over. Bob, who is something of a

When Women Plant Churches

I am grateful to Seedbed for their partnership in producing the things I’m passionate about. This time, they are letting me talk about the barriers women church planters face. This

Naked and unashamed

If you’re from the South and over 40, you may remember Lewis Grizzard, the newspaper columnist to wrote for years for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Gizzard once said that God talks

Dear Paul: Did you choose the single life, or did it choose you?

Reflecting a great deal lately on human design, I find myself thinking about the nature of marriage, the single life and friendship. That has me thinking a lot about Paul,

Hungering for the Garden

From Surrender to Love by David Benner: “Deep down … something within us seems to remember the Garden within which we once existed. Part of us longs to return; we

We are mysteries. We are theologies. (or, What it looks like when we figure out who we are)

Jesus is invited into the home of a religious leader for dinner. A woman who evidently has quite a reputation (read “prostitute”) shows up at the house during dinner and

The Gift of Prevenient Grace (or, Lessons learned from the worst night of my life)

On the most difficult night of my life I stepped out of a house into the street and found myself by a terrible mistake in a car with total strangers.

Seven-minute Seminary: A Theology of Suffering

Seedbed’s Seven-minute Seminary is an excellent resource for short teachings that make theology accessible for everyday life. Think of these teachings as a seminary class in the microwave. I hope you