Beauty – Real Hope Rising

On Finding A Simple Gospel

March 16, 2018

We can’t keep arguing over theology or politics. How do we get back to the simple gospel? What does that even look like? … More On Finding A Simple Gospel

Yesterday I had a conversation with a demonized man. He was a homeless man in downtown San Francisco, and his name was Chucky. I liked Chucky. Chucky had a large beard with bits of food stuck inside it like flies trapped in a cobweb. He had weathered skin, a raspy voice, and large safety pins … More Hope Rising

Funny Faith

June 12, 2013

Faith is about trust, but how can you trust something you’re not sure exists? When we put our trust in something that we have no evidence is real, or that we hope is real because it brings us comfort to believe it is real, we can cause real destruction to ourselves and to others. Often, … More Funny Faith

I’m Always Unresolved

August 3, 2012

“We always leave like this!” “Like what?” I ask. “With everything so…unresolved!” Then my friend drove off. It’s true. Almost all of our conversations go deep, and when they do, they never seem to finish. There is always something percolating, something brewing, something unresolved. I wrote this post for her… Resolution. It’s something the human spirit craves. … More I’m Always Unresolved

Remembering What You Never Knew

May 29, 2012

The Kingdom of Heaven is like an old house, filled with all of your most precious childhood memories. Except, you have amnesia. You are walking down what to you is just another street, filled with other people’s houses, other people’s lives, wondering about your own. But this one house…this one house seems to call to … More Remembering What You Never Knew