Bard & Bible

We use the word ‘ritual’ to describe everything from the silly to the sublime. We use it to describe wearing the same pair of socks until our team makes it through the playoffs, as well as the means by which we connect to our Creator in worship. In this tale, I talk a bit about a cleric I played in D&D – and how he was rubbish when it came to the ritual acts of his faith. How he reminded me th...

In the world of self-perception, there are two extremes that are equally wrong. The Dunning-Krueger effect says that those who are woefully incompetent will greatly overestimate their skill, and imposter syndrome is the idea that those who are qualified and highly successful will often feel like they are moments away from being discovered for the fraud they feel they are. When it comes to faith –...

We use the word “community” a lot around here. In this episode, I spend some time looking at the various Bible passages that inform the concept of community and its important place in the daily application of the Christian faith. We can’t do this alone – and the “It’s just about me and my relationship with Jesus” mentality needs to stop saying we can.

I have always been a sucker for redemption stories. This is particularly true during the Easter season, when we not only tell stories that involve a character’s redemption – but recount the redemption story at the heart of our faith. The one where God redeemed, and is still working out that redemption, in us. I talk about a number of redemption stories, including one of my own. A story of how God...

What happens when there is pain you can’t fight for a problem that you can’t fully identify? What happens when you spend time in the ER asking God to intervene – and he doesn’t? How do we live in a place that still follows God – hungers to get closer to him and desperately cling to him – when our life sucks and it seems like God is perfectly content to leave us there? The short version is that I h...

Sacrificial love is something we’re all called to if we’re following Christ. He pretty much defines what love is supposed to look like. But sometimes we need somebody to come along and model that for us in our daily life. For me – that was my dad. We’d love to hear from you guys about these episodes. We want to hear your stories, your topic suggestions, and whatever else you want to share. You can...

In this inaugural episode of our new devotional podcast – I talk break down what you can expect to hear in this new podcast, and then I talk about a man named Bezalel – and how his story reminds us just how much bigger God is than we think He is.