Ye shall know them by their fruit, yet what Strange Fruit we have. Guidelines for a Constructive Church. Sunday, January 28, 2018. In honor of his birthday. Korematsu was living in California when Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066.

Jesus-disciple, husband, father, urban minister, designer, blogger, preacher, theology geek. This Wednesday, it will have been 1 month since we completed our journey to Los Angeles from Boston. But I wanted to be sure to document our fateful journey here before it was too far out of sight. And I also wanted to share just a few of the many memories we created on this trip.

Exploring the craft of living simply. We believe that simple living is a worthwhile choice that benefits everyone, but we also believe it can look differently for each of us. So? We collectively share our stories. Upstream Field Guide is a self-guided course to help you discover what it looks like in your life to simplify, discover your purpose and passions, and take the risks necessary to live according to that purpose to live upstream.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017. Ruby has been begging me to straighten her hair for the past nine days. Yesterday, my stall tactics finally ran dry.

Is Connectedness Actually Disconnecting Us? January 3, 2017. You guys, we made it. We have closed the door on 2016. I feel like we all deserve a standing ovation for enduring. On a mass scale, 2016 felt long and hard and full of loss. On a personal level, 2016 felt long and hard and had some loss. In short, last year was not my favorite. Even so, in the midst of the hard, there was definitely much good.