Why I Preached Two Weeks Before My Wedding

November 9? No way. That’s two weeks before my wedding. There’s no way I’ll have time for that, let alone the headspace and focus.

Why Good-byes are the Worst (but Not)

I’ve always been a messy goodbye-sayer. Dormitories where I hung my hammock, trailer homes that shook with the morning stroll, a basement bedroom next to an overly active washing machine…sure, I’m a lover of places. But of course, the pain of leaving is evoked by my torn heart strings wound around those lovely people.

the Choice of Pain: Do I Really Have a Choice?

In this life, because there is sin and the great controversy between good and evil raging around us and in us, we can not have a painless life. Yet, we can choose the kind of pain.