Man of Depravity

I have been blessed with both a wife, and a healthy wife. We often joke that Rose has “body issues” because she has gone to the doctor over 10 times since we’ve been married and I haven’t been once. She says she’s just normal and I’m a freak of nature when it comes to not…

Too often I only think of sin as the bad things I do. Certainly this does capture a good amount of my sin. But there is also the sin that is much harder to quantify: the sin of omission. The things that we ought to do, but do not because of our sinful natures. I…

My apologies to those of you who already interacted with me on Twitter about this. Yesterday morning I had this thought… I wish people knew how theologically incorrect it is to say “worship was great” when referring to church music. (You could say the same thing about people who say “worship wasn’t as good today.”)…

I was reading the story in Luke 7 about the centurion who sent for Jesus to heal his sick servant. It is a well known story but there is one part that I’ve always overlooked until today. The Jewish leaders of the day approached Jesus about this man and his servant to say this: “This…

Rose and I are headed to the Oregon coast today to support some of our friends renewing their vows. Crazy to think it is our first full day away together since January. Part crazy, part sad. A week ago it was 76* in Portland, yesterday it got up to 49*. Spring in Oregon is a…

I started riding my bike to work almost two years ago. I remember how different it felt than driving to work, how much of a different perspective it was. There were things I noticed that I had never noticed before. I came to appreciate the ability to travel at fast speeds without moving a muscle,…