“Christians who can no longer listen to one another will soon no longer be listening to God either; they will always be talking even in the presence of God.” Bonhoeffer, Life Together.

A study of 1,643 adults found that people who used social media primarily to maintain relationships reported higher levels of loneliness the more time they spent online. What was meant to keep us close has, for many, had the opposite effect. J Haidt report

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Spent an extended weekend with these theologians at our Beaver Lake house. When I’m in Arkansas my cowboy comes out. @RootAndrew Erik Leafblad, Kurty Darling, Blair Bertrand

27 children & counselors swept into death at Camp Mystic. Overwhelming tragedy. This is my 50th summer of Christian Camp through Youthfront Camps. One of my biggest fears has been the loss of a camper… 27 - I can’t fathom the pain & despair. My heart & tears go out to the.

Heading into Bentonville, Arkansas looking like I’m recovering from a bar fight. #cowboy #Happy4thofJuly

At Starlight for Chicago concert listening to the soundtrack of our early love life.

Epic night at the “K.” Yankees vs Royals. Judge vs Witt. Fried vs Cameron. But the biggest story is Jac Caglianone’s first MLB home game. Couldn’t resist Vicki’s idea to buy me a Caglianone jersey for Father’s Day. 💥 💥 💥 @KCRoyals

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old; they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”.Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.”Hannah Arendt.

Feeling sad about the death of one of my heroes. Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggeman. Pictured here with my dear friends Tim Keel and Tim Suttle. His book Prophetic Imagination had a profound impact on my life. #WalterBrueggeman

“Second only to grief, the weight of responsibility is the heaviest burden that a person can carry.” Roy Williams, Monday Morning Memo, May 12, 2025.

RT @JeremyScrivens: How does #Al help you to #pray and.engage in a #reflective conversation which has no #data or #machinelearning or #algo….

Reflecting on my 68th birthday… I’ve always loved theology, but not so much as an academic project, but a pastoral passion.

“Depression is an ailment of the self, not of the soul. When the self becomes inflated by its pursuit of happiness, when it is asked to carry the weight of all significance and all meaning, the peril to the self is fatigue… and depression.” @RootAndrew.

Best paragraph so far. @RootAndrew

“And so we offer to you, oh God,. these things;. our dreams,. our plans,. our vision,. Shape them as you will.”. Liturgy for today.

Our @youthfront team trained for the PEEL project that we will be running in Kansas City for the next several years. We found time to hangout in the local Anglican Church.

I think one of the most critical theological problems with our view of God is that we think incorrectly of God in terms of power dynamics when the reality is that God chooses the power of love, not the power of might as the fullest expression of Godself.

"In these days of great economic and political uncertainty, one of the greatest temptations is to use our faith as a way to exercise power over others and thereby supplant God's commandments with human commandments." Henri Nouwen.

#STEKC underway. @Youthfront’s Something to Eat initiative packaging nutritious meals to address food insecurity in our city. #kansascity #youthministry faith formation and service.

Wrapping up session 4 of my #TENx10 cohort. @tenx10collab #youthministry #youthworkers ❤️❤️ @Youthfront