I was in 7th grade, my family still working through a fresh series of transitions that included my father leaving his last settled pastorate (which I wrote about) and a move to a new community. It would be my third school system and, thankfully, the last one. But it was all still so raw andContinue reading “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Tarshish”
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A Prayer from Outside the Sheep Pen
based on Luke 15:1-10 Faithful God, I don’t know where I am. I thought that I knew the way. I was confident in my own sense of direction. But now I’m here, wherever “here” is. I thought that I could just wander until I saw something that I recognized, but that got me even moreContinue reading “A Prayer from Outside the Sheep Pen”
The Doctor and the Apostle Excerpt: What is Strong vs. What is Easy
Below is an excerpt from my book, The Doctor and the Apostle: Intersections Between Doctor Who and the Letters of Paul. Both The Doctor and Paul strive to help others see a different way of evaluating strength and wisdom, and they each struggle to convince others of the alternative possibilities. While The Doctor does notContinue reading “The Doctor and the Apostle Excerpt: What is Strong vs. What is Easy”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 