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Deepening Your Spiritual Journey

Explore reflections that inspire growth, challenge your beliefs, and connect you more profoundly with your faith community.

  • When God Feels Far Away: A Reflection on Psalms 42 and 43

    When God Feels Far Away: A Reflection on Psalms 42 and 43

    When God feels far away, Psalms 42 and 43 give voice to our longing. In this reflection, I share how these scriptures comforted me during my mother’s death from COVID and how they continue…

  • Faith That Sings: Meditating on “No Fear” and “I Believe It” by Jon Reddick

    Faith That Sings: Meditating on “No Fear” and “I Believe It” by Jon Reddick

    Jon Reddick’s worship music doesn’t just inspire—it teaches us how to pray, proclaim, and believe. His songs “No Fear” and “I Believe It” invite us to trust in the power of Jesus’ name and…

  • El-roi: The God Who Sees Me

    El-roi: The God Who Sees Me

    When the world shames me, I remember that El-roi—the God who sees—has never looked away. In Isaiah 43, God says, “You are precious in my sight, and honored, and I love you.” And in…

  • Bless the Lord, O My Soul

    Bless the Lord, O My Soul

    We often begin prayer by asking—but the ancient way begins with blessing. Drawing from scripture, liturgy, and personal practice, this reflection explores how blessing God helps us remember who God is and who we…

  • What Paul Saw—And What He Couldn’t Have Seen

    What Paul Saw—And What He Couldn’t Have Seen

    Paul never saw a Christ-centered, monogamous same-sex marriage—but we have. When we judge based on Romans 1 alone, we miss the heart of the Gospel: that all have sinned, all need grace, and love…

  • Take the Church Out of Politics

    Take the Church Out of Politics

    Churches are called to speak prophetically into public life—but endorsing political candidates risks dividing the body of Christ and confusing the Gospel with partisan power. It’s time to reclaim the pulpit for evangelism, not…

  • Let Those Who Have Ears Hear

    Let Those Who Have Ears Hear

    After a heated online thread was removed, I was reminded why I write: to ask hard questions in love, to speak truth with tenderness, and to hold space for those wounded by bad theology.…

  • Harp in Hand, Eyes on the Horizon

    Harp in Hand, Eyes on the Horizon

    God often forms us in quiet ways—through daily prayer, unexpected callings, and small acts of faithfulness. In this reflection on Psalm 18, Acts 10, and Luke 24, I explore how the Spirit is preparing…

  • Does God Identify as Male? A Theological Reflection on Divine Identity

    Does God Identify as Male? A Theological Reflection on Divine Identity

    If God—eternal and uncontainable—can choose how to be known, why do we struggle to honor the identities of one another? This reflection explores divine self-revelation, gendered language, and the sacred dignity of human self-understanding.