Why I Still Believe People Can Change

Why I Still Believe People Can Change

I choose to believe in certain things. Like how the color of my socks impacts a college basketball game. Or how Duke’s mayonnaise is the only acceptable condiment for a proper tomato sandwich. I’m prone to believe my hair looks better on the second day...
Mental Health Ministry: What We’re Missing

Mental Health Ministry: What We’re Missing

When many churches talk about mental health, what they’re really talking about is mental illness. We must expand our perspective of what “mental health” means. When we talk about mental health in ministry, we often focus too narrowly on mental health crises and...
My Journey Through the Third Way of LGBTQ+ Inclusion

My Journey Through the Third Way of LGBTQ+ Inclusion

In my formative college years, out from under the roof of the loving and protective home in which I grew up, I began to understand that the world was not as clear-cut as right or wrong, black or white. Between the extremes lay a gray area where my understanding of and...