When “What We Believe” Must Protect “What We Have”
It is hard to say for certain why the medieval church had a preoccupation with sin—fear, money, control…perhaps—but it is fairly obvious that an entire religious system was built around this...
View ArticleThe American Temple – The Poem
Here is a poem I wrote: Blood drips on the ground silently. Onlookers cringe at the view. Coins spill in the ground wastefully as Christians market something new. Believers look on, appraising without...
View ArticleThe American Temple
On a jagged hill sprouting life, his followers stood around him remembering his life and brooding over his death. This man from Nazareth was the freshest breeze their bodies and souls had ever inhaled....
View ArticleDaddy’s Gifts and Promise of Provision
Jen and I have been married for 10 years this June. As we look back over our decade together a few themes have surfaced. One is that our life has been anything but predictable or stale, but rather fun...
View ArticleOne Line: Edible Money?
“Only when the last tree has died, and the last river been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money.” ~Cree Saying
View ArticleWhy Are People Giving Less to Churches?
When giving is down in churches, what is the first and typical response? It’s to preach a few sermons about giving (at least that has been my experience in working in churches. Your experience may be...
View ArticleWhy I Am So Proud of My Wife, My Bride
I am so proud of my bride, Jennifer. It seems that the longer I am married to her the more I fall in love with her. As a mom and wife, the everyday burdens she carries are many. With this last year of...
View ArticleAttic Blog: Poor, For Love’s Sake
Sometimes a line from a song or scripture just grabs me and will not let go. It happened just this past weekend in a church gathering. During a song that I have heard and sung a thousand times (“Here I...
View ArticleOur Little Conspiracy
This photo sickens me. I imagine my mom, my wife, my daughters having to drink this kind of water in this kind of way. This photo sickens me. Does it sicken you? In light of this photo, this is also...
View ArticleA Touching Letter in Reply to “Our Little Conspiracy”
I wanted to share a touching personal letter I received from a good friend (who lives in the States) in response to Our Little Conspiracy. Read and be encouraged as I was: Hey Jeromy and Jonathan, I...
View ArticleDo Maggots Eat Money?
I am really curious if they do; maggots eating money, that is. Remember Israel’s wondering in the desert and how God provided food for them? Well God did, but with some justice and anti-greed...
View ArticleLower-Deck People
I want to thank Kathy for a conversation a group of us had over cocktails in Albuquerque. This is what came to my mind as we were discussing “upper-deck people” and “lower-deck people” in relation to...
View ArticleHELL: 9/11 Victims & Osama Bin Laden
Yesterday, I read a headline with Osama Bin Laden’s face on it and large, thick white letters exclaiming, “Rot in Hell!” Yesterday, while hoping onto Fox News Channel and catching an interview with...
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