Personal Monthly Love: June 1 Jul 2015 Here are some of the things that I loved in June: 1. Bonhoeffer on the Christian Life by Stephen Nichols This was more than just a sketch of Bonhoeffer. It…
Personal Monthly Love: May 1 Jun 2015 Here are just a few of my favorite things from the month of May: 1. Avengers: Age of Ultron Despite some mixed critical reviews, I loved this film. The comic-nerd…
Personal An Online Hiatus 17 Apr 201517 Apr 2015 Not being online as much is going to be hard for a while, but I believe it is important to my own spiritual health. I am taking an indefinite hiatus…
Personal Monthly Love: March 28 Mar 201528 Mar 2015 Taking a play from the delightful Amy Peterson, this is my new monthly column celebrating my favorite things for the month. This is a completely arbitrary list, in no particular…
Personal Personal Goals for 2015 5 Jan 2015 Two word stood out to me as I thought about what I want to accomplish in 2015: community and weakness. The words actually fit nicely together. Weakness works best and…
New Years… Pastor Dave Online in 2015 30 Dec 20145 Jan 2015 It has been my joy to blog for a number of years now. I write in large part to help myself better think through issues and ideas, but I am…
Personal Next Year’s Study Project: Leviticus 17 Nov 2014 Every year I pick a topic to study. I spend a significant amount of time reading literature on, thinking about, and generally mapping out in my mind the concepts, doctrines,…
Personal The Future of Biblical Counseling and Reconsidering Certification 10 Oct 201410 Oct 2014 I have been a hold out to certification for a long-time now. For six years now friends have been talking to me about and encouraging me to pursue certification in…
Personal Reflecting on Ten Years of Marriage 23 Jun 201423 Jun 2014 Allow me to be a bit self-indulgent this morning. Normally on Mondays I write-up book reviews, but this last week was my ten-year anniversary, so I didn't do a lot…
Counseling… God Can Be Trusted With Death 12 Jun 2014 It’s hard to describe how I felt when I finally got news that my dad had died. At the moment my emotions all felt so tangible, flooding over me with…