“and i hope the sun shines and it's a beautiful day, and something reminds you you wish you had stayed” - taylor swift

Don’t worry about the people God has removed from your life. He heard conversations you didn’t. Saw behaviors you couldn’t. And made moves that you wouldn’t.

This is a subtweet, but: Parents, I love when you bring your kids to church. They make the place alive. They make it feel like community. Like family. I spend my weeks alone and then I see your kids and can't help but smile. Bring them. Sit in the front row if you want.

Churches need to stop the trend of having the pastor/s assume the role of experts in various fields. Pastors should not be giving in depth talks about CRT, virology, political philosophy, etc. Some pastors are qualified, yes, but rarely is that the case.

Tested positive for covid :(

I have a usually very mild cat allergy. I get a little sneezy after hours in close contact. Usually mild. Apparently some types of cats give me a not mild reaction. Like seen in this picture for example. Anyways, I’m not feeding my friend’s kitten for her anymore.

With all this talk of “men needing to be men,” just imagine how Jesus would be treated for washing feet, for weeping, for being single, for riding a donkey instead of a horse, for loving his enemies rather than fighting them, and for telling people to put their swords away.

I have so many things I could do tomorrow buttttt I haven’t had a day off in 15 days 😬 Thats not my normal, I promise. But this month has been nuts. Im so excited to do nothing.

“If you want the survivor to understand that God is a refuge, then be one.” Diane Langberg, PhD 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Always a little nervous telling a guy you’re talking to that you’re a pastor. The responses are endless… will I get ghosted? Will they call me a Jezebel? Do they somehow still think they can try to sleep with me before I know their last name? Let’s see how it goes this time.

Lemme tell you how this works: all you have to do to thwart change in conservative Christian ranks is to frame it as a progressive takeover. “The liberals are coming! The liberals are coming! Woke alert!” When our fear of liberalism exceeds our fear of the Lord, our god is power.

Camp counsellor life… the teenagers just told my girls that there’s a monster that will get them if they don’t keep our cabin clean. I’m not going to tell the kids they’re lying until camp ends.

Update. Apparently I missed a chunk of the story. I have told the kids it’s a lie after I found out they thought they were awaiting death any day now.

Today I met with a woman whose son came out a few years ago. At the time, she was deeply invested in an evangelical church who told her she had to choose between God and her gay son. After praying and wrestling for weeks, she told God, “I love you, but I choose my son.”

Have you ever slammed a door so hard when you were angry that it broke the lock and you trapped your camp counsellor in the cabin until someone could come take door off its hinges? Being a camp counsellor is an adventure 😂

Northern BC is too beautiful

It’s not often I read something in my morning devotions that I can hardly wait until the end of prayer time to tell you. I did wait but barely. :) I’m pecking away at this post 30 seconds later. To everyone of Christian faith who’s felt lost and adrift, disoriented and estranged:

Some of the kids from my church just FaceTimed me. They showed me the hotwheels track they’ve been working on (it’s impressive). They make my heart melt 💕