Some questions just get right to the core. But when they come from your 15 year old son, unexpectedly, they can really catch you off guard. We’re driving home Sunday from church. Enjoying the beautiful countryside of Franklin, Tennessee. Out of... read more

This series of posts is winding up. It’s a story of abandonment to hope in my personal relationship between me and my earthly father. But it’s a metaphor for the Gospel too. As I’ve covered previously, the wound of abandonment led... read more

If you’ve been following this series of posts (i.e., From abandonment to hope). The last post focused on how feeling abandoned leads one to a sense and perhaps even a lifestyle, or approach to life, of restlessness. To be a restless person, one... read more

My first post set the foundation for the defining theme of my life for the first 39 years: abandonment. The main point of this post is to communicate that a feeling of abandonment in one’s life, leads to restlessness. From my earliest days, even... read more

I’m going to start telling a long story. This post is the first installment. It’s a story of God reconciling me to my earthly father after having been abandoned by him for almost 40 years. This post will start at the beginning. I was born... read more