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PEACEFUL PIANO CHRISTMAS
I love Christmas. If you know me, that’s not a new statement. I’ve been that way my...
Intentional Living
Encouragement for living life on purpose
Loving Your Neighbor Isn’t Optional (Romans 14-15)
Many Christians treat issues like schools, politics, taxes, and public policy as matters of personal conviction. But what if loving our neighbors isn't? A look at Romans 14 and 15 reveals a challenging truth: Christians may have freedom on many secondary issues, but we do not have freedom from the obligation to seek our neighbors' good and build them up...even when those neighbors are teachers, administrators, politicians, or people we disagree with.
Discipleship
Becoming More Like Christ
Don’t Be Afraid: One For Every Day of the Year? (A brief “theology” of fear)
Every few years, this idea makes another trip around the internet. It’s the idea that the...
Don’t Be Afraid: One For Every Day of the Year? (A brief “theology” of fear)
Every few years, this idea makes another trip around the internet. It’s the idea that the...
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Loving THAT Neighbor
We live in a time where almost every group has learned how to justify walking by.
The left can justify walking by because the wounded person is too conservative. The right can justify walking by because the wounded person is too progressive. Christians can justify walking past other Christians because we don’t share the same doctrine.
We don’t call it hatred. We call it discernment, conviction, boundaries, wisdom, safety, truth, or not enabling.
Some of this is wise. But a lot of it is just an excuse not to love.
Jesus never gives us a category of person we are allowed to stop loving.
“Who was the neighbor?”
The one who showed mercy.
Go and do the same.
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Loving Your Neighbor Isn’t Optional (Romans 14-15)
Many Christians treat issues like schools, politics, taxes, and public policy as matters of personal conviction. But what if loving our neighbors isn’t? A look at Romans 14 and 15 reveals a challenging truth: Christians may have freedom on many secondary issues, but we do not have freedom from the obligation to seek our neighbors’ good and build them up…even when those neighbors are teachers, administrators, politicians, or people we disagree with.
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Civic Engagement: A Faith That Is Seen Before It Is Heard
A pastoral reflection on prayer, public faith, and the growing temptation for Christians to pursue cultural dominance instead of sacrificial love. Exploring Jesus’ teachings on prayer, coercion, humility, and public witness, this article argues that authentic Christianity changes hearts through love and example—not force, outrage, or control.
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Why America Feels So Divided (And What Scripture Says About Outrage, Leadership, and Renewal)
I’ve been thinking a lot about why it feels like we’re all angrier than we used to be. Not just “them.” All of us. We say we want unity. Our leaders talk about compassion and the common good. But somehow we keep rewarding outrage instead. I wrote something personal and honest about what’s happened over the last decade, what social psychology says about why arguing hardens us, and what Scripture actually says about anger and rivalry. It’s not a rant. It’s not partisan. It’s me trying to wrestle out loud with how we become people who don’t “bite and devour one another.” If that resonates, I’d love for you to read it.
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The Battle Ground I Hope We Become
I wrote this post to cast a hopeful vision for the kind of community I want Battle Ground to be—a place that still knows how to show up for its kids and for one another. Reflecting on our church’s move here and the sense of shared pride I saw right away, I explore why community doesn’t happen by accident and why supporting our local schools is part of loving our neighbors well. With the reality that 85–90% of children attend public schools, this post asks what kind of Christians—and what kind of town—we want to be known as: one defined by fear and withdrawal, or one marked by presence, generosity, and a shared commitment to the future.
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