essays ⏍ – Story Focus

Lessons from the Book of Amos

Excerpt from a message I shared at Union Church on Feb 14, 2021. We recapped the book of Amos and looked at three takeaways.

Post date February 14, 2021
Post categories In Creation Care, Discipleship, Justice, Messages, Mission, Theology

A Prayer For The Community

A prayer for our Union Church community, here in Seattle; reflecting on the year so far, Black History Month, and more…

Post date February 11, 2021
Post categories In Reflections

Future Church (Pod)

I started a podcast with a good friend of mine, that explores the future of the church in North America. Here’s why I started it and how you can listen.

Post date January 26, 2021
Post categories In Ministry, Mission, Theology

Theology + Mission

Reflections on theology and mission, how they are inter-connected, necessary, and inform the other. One isn’t complete without a strong emphasis on the other.

Post date January 21, 2021
Post categories In Mission, Reflections, Theology

Reading Through Amos

What does the message and context of Amos (book), reveal to us as 21st century American Christians here in Seattle? Here is framing to help with a deeper reading of the text.

Post date January 17, 2021
Post categories In Discipleship, Justice, Messages

Lessons I’m Taking With Me Into 2021

Here are 5 lessons I’m taking with me into a brand new year, that help me think deeper and wider, push out further, and relate better.

Post date December 30, 2020
Post categories In Personal Growth, Reflections

Books I Read In 2020

2020 has been a wild year. Reading was one of the ways I got through it. Here are all the books I read in 2020.

Post date December 19, 2020
Post categories In Personal Growth

A Christian Perspective Around our Ecological and Climate Crisis

How might Jesus-followers respond to an ongoing ecological and climate crisis? What got us here, and how might we reclaim a renewed ecological sensitivity?

Post date December 14, 2020
Post categories In Creation Care, Ecology, Justice, Reflections

Reflecting on Biblical Justice During Advent

What does ‘justice’ mean in light of Advent? What does the Bible have to say about it, and what are the implications for us as we follow Jesus?

Post date December 3, 2020
Post categories In Discipleship, Justice, Reflections

Jesus, Only Jesus

This was a talk I shared at Union Church on Oct 18, 2020, continuing our series through the Gospel of Matthew. In this message I focused in on Matthew 17:1-8.

Post date October 19, 2020
Post categories In Discipleship, Messages

Exorcism, Liberation and a Third Way

This was a talk I shared at Union Church on Jul 5, 2020, continuing our series through the Gospel of Matthew. In this message I focused in on Matthew 8:28-34.