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9 mins read|02/26/26Surveying Scripture, it is an immense comfort to know we’re not alone in our sinfulness.
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10 mins read|02/25/26Christian faith is never a solitary possession. When the congregation confesses, the old speak for the young, the strong for the weak, and the clear-voiced for the trembling.
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10 mins read|01/28/26This is the third in a series meant to let the Christian tradition speak for itself, the way it has carried Christians through long winters, confusion, and joy for centuries.
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13 mins read|01/21/26Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.
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12 mins read|01/05/26Wake Up Dead Man is not ultimately a story about mystery, exposure, or even justice. It is a story about what happens when mercy speaks to death—and death listens.
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20 mins read|11/12/25Forgiveness is not ours to manufacture. It is ours to proclaim.
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11 mins read|09/18/25Christian spirituality is not a flight from the world, but a deep dive into its brokenness.
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12 mins read|08/07/25We don’t need another brand. We need a people who remember who they are. And that’s us, Gen-X.
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11 mins read|06/10/25What I was missing—what so many are missing—is a Church that doesn’t just speak about Christ, but delivers him.
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24 mins read|02/20/25In the upside-down wisdom of God, the place of the cross becomes the place of life, absolution, and triumph.
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15 mins read|10/08/24Let your soul grieve, yes, but don’t let it be eaten alive by worry.
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12 mins read|06/21/24This is an excerpt from “Confession and Absolution” by John T. Pless in Common Places in Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly, edited by Mark Mattes, (1517 Publishing 2023).
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