It’s Lent, the time when our family spends 40 days traveling with Jesus. Reading stories about him. Remembering the stories he told.

It’s also the time I start asking “what if” questions.

What if Jesus was not God, but a man, closely connected to God but not in and of himself divine? Would I honor his words any less?

What if Jesus had been in love, had married, maybe even have had children? Would I love him less or more?

What if Jesus had a message about how to live that the church spent decades misinterpreting? Could the most basic meaning be re-discovered?

What if Jesus’ death on the cross was a tragedy, but not atonement? What if it was more important that … {read more…}

a blessing for all the single people from my heart to yours on Valentine’s Day.

I bless you in the midst of your Singleness;
In the ebb and the flow of it,
In the hot and the cold of it.

I bless you in the name of Valentine,
Brave and Kind,
Who brought marriage to those who desired … {read more…}