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You Probably Think You Don’t Need a Coach
Have you ever felt like your life is shifting and you’re supposed to have a plan, but all you really have are questions? Not dramatic ones. Just the kind that follow you around. You wonder if you’re still supposed to be in this job. You keep saying you’ll deal with your money but never actually… Read more
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The Schedule Underneath
You turn the heat up before bed and wake to a cold house, because the thermostat was only holding your change until its stored schedule returned. Intentions can work the same way, sincere and always postponed. In Haggai, a people home from exile kept saying the time had not yet come, and the prophet asked… Read more
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Before the Money Arrived
Most requests to give arrive with a number attached. Long before money reaches the table, a good deal is already there, and none of it came with a bill. Read more
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Buying For a Body That Isn’t Here Yet
Parents shop for a child who hasn’t grown into the clothes yet. Jesus drew on that kind of care to talk about asking, without ever handing over the inventory. Read more
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The Singers Went First
Almost every private practice now comes with a promised return, gratitude included. An old account of singers walking ahead of soldiers raises the question of what thanks is when it stops trying to make anything happen. Read more
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The One Who Was Already There
A phrase usually used to end an argument becomes more exacting when taken literally: one judge has the whole record, with nothing hidden and nothing missing. Read more
