Trauma, the Psalms, and the Hope of Christmas

Itโ€™s the pits. The worst, most depressing situation you can imagine. We use it playfully today, exaggerating our circumstances. The saying has lost its luster. But it was not always so. Out of the 150 chapters in Psalms, perhaps as many as 65 to 67 of them are laments...

Church & Trauma Summit 2024 Recap

On September 17, we hosted the first-ever Church & Trauma Summit last month. Wow! What a success: over 80 people in attendance, representing at least 13 different churches. Itย was a glimpseย of the unity Jesus prayed for in John 17. The goal?ย To have critical...

Latest Podcast: Hospitality as Discipleship

For far too long, the church has seen discipleship as information to learn or a class to take on Sunday mornings. But what if discipleship was something else entirely? What if discipleship looked more like the ancient practice of hospitality? To follow up my article...