Just some stuff I thought about when reading the Bible….
- Call Me By Your Name
- Love Is Always the Right Answer
- Fear Is a Tool
- Was That Supposed to Happen?
- A World Without Locks
- Dr. Google Is Taking New Patients
- Nothing Left to Burn
- Why Are You So Needy?
- A Gruesome Equation
- You Don’t Know What’s Good for You
- God’s Open Door Policy
- Doing the Stuff of Love
- (Almost) Everything Is Different Now
- Who Cares About Sheep?
- How to Get Out of a Deep, Dark Forest
- The Darker It Gets…
- Decluttering Decision-Making
- The Boulders Remain
- A Melody of Love
- Houses Like To Be Lived In
- God Speaks When I Listen
- Rise and Shine!
- Amber Waves of Grain and Purple Mountain Majesties
- The Devil Hates It When I Pray
- More Extravagant Than Oprah
- My Story of God’s Faithfulness
- What Did You Expect When You Prayed?
- Can I Help You With That?
- Ooh! A Dead Fish!
- Oops, My Bad
- The Quickest Way to End a Battle Is To Admit Defeat
- Who Let All These Sad People in Here?
- If It Feels Safe, You’re Doing It Wrong
- Tantrum Prayers
- This Lesson Brought to You by Cancer
- Don’t Let My Age Fool You
- The Sunshine of My Life
- That Voice in Your Head
- Where Is Your Pain on a Scale of 1 to 10?
- Who’s Number One!
- The World’s Best Pep Talk
- Jesus Presents the Monty Hall Problem
- Hey God, Watch This!
- A Picnic on the Battlefield
- The God of Impossible Caring
- Childhood’s Better Qualities
- Things That Go Bump
- Gravity Isn’t as Strong Today
- America Is Feeling Goat-Like
- I Am So Glad to See You!
- The God of Somehow
- Spreading the Right Contagion
- The Fairness Lie
- In Search of an Oasis
- How to Know Who to Hate
- Can Hope Be a Bad Thing?
- One Day at a Time
- If God Can, Why Doesn’t He?
- Deeper and Wider Than the Sea
- Oxygen, George Washington, and Tomorrow
- The Elephant in the Room
- It’s Out of My Hands
- Going With the Flow
- Looking Forward to the Sequel
- Putting a Stranger Through College
- Does God Need Our Help?
- What’s the Point of Church?
- A Flexible Job With Amazing Benefits
- Ready, Willing, and Somewhat Able
- This Same Old Story Will End One Day
- Non-Stick and Stain-Proof
- It’s Better Than I Imagined
- Jesus! That’s Powerful!
- Will You Come With Me?
- What Came Before That?
- The Opposite of Sin Is Love
- What’s in It for Me?
- The Problem With a Reluctant Horse
- Who Dressed You This Morning?
- The Only Wedding Vow That Matters
- What Does It Mean to Keep the Sabbath Holy?
- Divided We Clearly Fall
- Survival of the Generous
- Powerful Words
- Judgment Isn’t Helping Anyone
- Is God Soft on Crime?
- Punching in the Dark
- On the Lookout for Ways To Be Brave
- In the Belly of a Fish
- Ditching My Friend at the Door
- On Being a Sponge
- Ignoring the Echoes
- Ch…Ch…Ch…Ch…Changes
- Easter Eggs in the Game of Life
- Perfect Attendance
- I Am a Fraud
- The God I Need at Two a.m.
- Don’t Whisper While Moose Hunting
- A Carrot To Gnaw On
- Peace Is Not Passive
- The Next Thing Will Be So Much Better
- It’s All Just a Blur
- This Little Light of Mine
- God Sings About You
- Have You Met My Brothers?
- No Rest for the Wicked
- Competing With an Ego
- Having the Right Passport
- Meditating Without a Map
- Did I Say That Out Loud?
- There’s Not Enough Time for Retaliation
- It Won’t Last Forever
- Ready or Not, Here I Come!
- Being Like Tootsie
- The Needs of the Many…
- Look With Your Eyes
- Buried in the Internet Sea
- You Snooze, You Lose
- You’re Standing on the Big Red X
- I Had Other Plans
- What’s the Good Word?
- It’s Easy To Hate a Stranger
- Can You Hear Me Now?
- Sowing the Seeds of Love
- Would You Pray for Me?
- Giving God the Upper Hand
- Mine! Mine! All Mine!
- Keeping It Holy
- A Beautiful Corpse or a Beautiful Life
- I See That I Was Wrong
- A Sea Turtle and Rob Lowe
- Go Into the Light
- Ghosts of Gifts Past
- Follow the Leader
- A Fish in a Wayward School
- Moving On and Letting Go
- Welcome to the New Me
- High Standards Are Scary
- How to Be a Wise Man (or Woman)
- The Something Else
- Some Strange Baby
- How to Magnify God
- Praying for the Mountains
- The Beauty of a Backwater Burg
- A Sign of the Times
- Hopelessness Has No Place Here
- Dangerous Promises
- A Message Straight From God
- Trading Diamonds for Glitter
- Can Science and Religion Coexist?
- Ugly Bags of Mostly Water
- Who’s Persecuting Whom?
- Jesus’s Weight Loss Plan
- Home Is Where?
- Playing for the Winning Team
- It’s Hard to Be Humble
- Thank You for Being You
- What Use Is a Disconnected Hose?
- Why Am I Here?
- Presenting a United Front of Love
- The Strength of a Tree
- I Don’t Care About the Ten Commandments
- Adjusting to the Darkness
- Keeping the Peace on a Busy Sidewalk
- God Feels My Pain, and Then Some
- Standing Strong in Unknown Waters
- What Uniform Do You Wear?
- Humility and Idol Worship
- Undeserved Immunity
- Loving in the Dark
- Who’d Wanna Live With You?
- Negativity Sells
- Irrational Numbers and God’s Mind-Blowing Love
- Worship Happens
- Does the Bible Really Say That or Is It Just the Angry Mob Talking?
- Packing for an Unknown Destination
- The Infinite Power of a 98-Pound Weakling
- I Am a Work of Art
- Patronizing Chuckles and Rolled Eyes
- Here Comes the Sun
- Trying a New Playlist
- How to Love Your Enemies
- The Contract Should Be Null and Void
- What Are You Craving?
- The Biblical Get-Rich-Quick Scheme
- Love This Way
- Otherworldly Cure for Pain
- The Desire to Remain Unknown
- Does the Bible Apply to Me?
- Why Would Anyone Volunteer?
- 100% Bully Free
- Drop the Rat
- Try It. You’ll Like It.
- Fruit of the Spiritual Loom
- What Are You Watching?
- No Snappy Comebacks Necessary
- The Answer to the Ultimate Question (Hint: It’s Not 42)
- Are You Really All-In?
- What To Do When Bigotry Happens (And It Will Happen)
- An Easy “A”
- No Matter Where You Go…
- My Bad Isn’t So Bad, Right?
- Set Your Alarm for Whenever O’Clock
- Church Is a Team Sport
- I Need a Beauty Filter for My Speech
- A Generous Amount of Junk Mail
- How To Break the Worry Habit
- I Trust You About as Far as I Can Throw You
- Cheat Codes for a Chaotic Life
- The Ultimate Eye in the Sky
- Prayer as a First Resort
- Blessed With a Brain Tumor
- Loving My Alarm Clock
- Trying Not To Give in to a Culture of Self-Absorption
- What Happens When We Die?
- Does God Want Me to Starve?
- Acknowledging Vulnerability
- Everyone’s Got Something
- If God Can, Why Doesn’t He?
- I Don’t Want a God I Can Understand
- Toward More Picturesque Speech
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
- There’s No Such Thing as a Little White Murder
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- The Battle for the Worst
- If I Could Turn Back Time…
- What, Me Worry?
- Now, Was That So Hard?
- Failure Is Always an Option
- Expecting Perfection in an Imperfect World
- Using Your Other Senses When Faith Is Blind
- Does God Want Me to Tip?
- But It Smells So Good
- Listen to the One Without the Blindfold
- God Wants To Pump You Up
- God Already Knows How Marvelous He Is
- Perfectly Suited for the Job
- How To Fight, Jesus-Style
- Living in the Goldilocks Zone
- Socially Acceptable Addiction
- There Is Always More Laundry To Be Done
- Carrying the Biggest Stick
- Sandbags and Rubber Boots
- You’ve Gotta Want It
- Beyond My Wildest Dreams
- How To Recognize Evil
- Play Like Everyone Is Watching
- Making It Official
- God Is My Weight Belt
- True Colors, Guaranteed
- The Stormy-Weather Worshipper
- My Spongy Tendencies
- Freaky Good Friday
- The Futility of Self-Motivation
- Marriage Can Be a Good Thing
- Karma On Steroids
- Never Mind the Wrinkles
- The Best First Responder
- It’s Just Someone Screaming
- The Joy Of Watching Other People Struggle
- Don’t Be Human
- How Tall Is Love?
- What Is the Bible For Anyway?
- Desperately Seeking
- Why Are “Christians” So Scared?
- God Can Walk Through Walls
- Gambling With My Life
- The Juicy and Sweet Option
- No Border Worth Fighting Over
- Seeing God in the Wag of a Tail
- A Great View At the End
- Keep Your Hands And Feet Inside the Vehicle
- Can’t You Smell That?
- Will You Be Perfect For Me?
- Believing the Lie
- You Are Exactly What God Had In Mind
- I Expect a Glorious Encore
- The Best Kind Of Open-Door Policy
- Serves Them Right
- How To Get Religion
- Walk the Walk
- All Work and No Play…
- Jesus Never Put On Headphones
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- Trust No One
- I’m Coming With You
- Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
- I’m Just Not Getting It
- I Wanna Know What Good Is
- Don’t Scratch That Itch
- Limited Time Offer
- War and Rumors of War
- Playing Doubles With God
- My Very Own Babel Fish
- An Ode To Smartphones
- The Truth About Alternate Realities
- A Cure For Worrywarts
- My Future’s So Bright
- Mine! All Mine!
- The Internet Told Me I’m Not Weird
- Useless Gooey Balls
- Living More Than Vicariously
- From Loser To Leader In One Simple Step
- Following Jesus: a Lazy Person’s Guide
- A Bottomless Bag From Which To Give
- I’m Feeling a Bit Blurry
- Well, Who’s Gonna Believe That?
- Solicitors Welcome
- On Being a Female Christian, Part 2
- How To Handle an Alien Invasion
- The Scapegoat King
- Your Goodness Is Drooping
- It’ll Make For a Good Story
- Just Push the Big Red Button
- A God-Awful Racket
- This Is the Way God Made Me
- Be the Song in God’s Heart
- Scouting Out God
- On Being a Female Christian
- What I Learned in the Middle of a Bike Accident
- How To Turn Smoke Into Stone
- How To Be a Tedious Traveling Companion
- “Open Sesame” Won’t Cut It
- No Time Like the Present
- Fah Who Foraze, Dah Who Doraze
- One Remedy for Drastic Inequality
- Pay It Forward, Extreme Version
- Content To Wait In the Dark
- I Can’t Hear You Because I’m Busy Talking
- When Painting Your Barn Blue Is Wrong
- Great or Terrible?
- Does That Make Sense?
- Sicko
- The Intellectual Property Law of the Universe
- Finally, a Weapon
- Fighting Fire With Faith
- Battle-Ready Footwear
- What Is Going On With Demons?
- Graduating From My Old Life
- Toe Jam Is the Worst Kind of Jam
- The Real Judas, Not the Rock Opera Version
- Aspirations of Avian Mind Control
- Good But Not Great
- Don’t Fear the Chickens
- The Messenger Is As Important As the Message
- Proselytizing at the Local Swimming Hole
- Looking at the World Through Faith-Colored Glasses
- Freedom Or Fate?
- I Thought I Was Special
- The Servantiest Servant Who Ever Served
- The Verse Taped To My Bathroom Mirror
- With the Greatest of Unease
- I’ll Never Be Good Enough
- Damn the Torpedoes
- God Is Not a Magic 8 Ball
- Butt Dialing God
- The Cure For Separation Anxiety
- Did God Create Aliens?
- The Gift Tags Have Been Misplaced
- A Sales Brochure In Every Sunset
- How To Be a Weirdo
- What Are You Sorry For, Exactly?
- Trust-Building Exercises
- Everything You Need to Know About Heaven
- Opposing the Posers
- Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
- Unexpected Love
- A Gift Bag of Eternal Life
- There’s No Such Thing as a Racist Christian, Right?
- One King to Rule Them All
- But I Have Every Right
- My Cousin, the Superhero
- The Bible’s CliffsNotes
- You Can’t Join in Our Reindeer Games
- God Smells
- Unfortunately, What’s Mine Is Yours
- The Uncertainty of Death and Taxes
- Waltzing Right Off a Cliff
- Do I Really Have To Forgive My Molester?
- When Will They (I) Learn?
- A Thousand Thankless Little Jobs
- Even More Patient Than a School Bus Driver
- Lifetime Manufacturer’s Guarantee
- Listening Hard or Hardly Listening
- The Needs of the Many and the Needs of the Few
- Love and Infinite Divisibility
- The Danger of Being Blessed
- Why Do Today What You Can Put Off Until Tomorrow?
- I Don’t Like Your Face
- That’s Not the Right Answer (Or Not the Answer I Want Anyway)
- My Caller ID Must Be Broken
- Thank God For Bird Poop and Hangnails
- God’s Perfect Answers To My Sketchy Prayers
- Keep It Simple, Supplicant
- Why Must There Be So Many Thorns?
- Keep Out! Private Property!
- Trusting God As Much As Dirt
- The Beautiful Gift of Stubborn Loyalty
- Olly Olly Oxen Free!
- Creatures of (Bad) Habit
- What Songs Do You Have Memorized?
- Jumping Out of a Perfectly Good Plane
- Heaven Won’t Look Like Church
- You Will Never Be Younger Than You Are Right Now
- Joy Found in the Dreaded Group Project
- The Parable of the Batting Cage
- Despite Appearances, Church Is Not a Spectator Sport
- The Bible Verse That Made Me Quit My Job
- No Volcanos or Giant Apes Required
- Where Are All the Diamonds and Rubies?
- The Bible and the Art of Flossing
- I Can’t Wait For the Prequel
- The Marvelous Gift of Infinite Unknowns
- The Ultimate Authority
- In Ourselves We Trust
- All Means All
- I Am Often Stupid
- Selfishly Generous
- I Don’t Feel Like It
- The Ultimate Oxymoron
- A Big, Blinking Neon Sign
- My Children Are Awesome (Because I Raised Them)
- Joy Squared
- Show Some Team Spirit!
- God’s Joke On Me
- Beware the Over-Share
- Just Sing, Sing a Song
- The Life of the Party
- How to Make the Devil Scream
- The End of All Hope
- America’s Got Humility
- Pessimism Is Very Disappointing
- Flap Your Arms and Think Positive Thoughts
- The Game of Life Is Rigged
- No Trespassing!
- Winter Is Coming
- Who’s It From?
- A Little Ball of Need
- Life Isn’t Fair
- How To Get What You Want: Ask For It
- There’s a Song in the Air
- Thanks for Being You
- Random Wet Towels
- The Most Magnificent Stalker
- Marching to a Different Beat
- This Little Light of Mine
- Go To Your Happy Place
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
- It’s So Hard to Care
- All Charged Up and Ready To Go
- How Long Is This Gonna Take?
- …But It’s Mine!
- I Don’t Deserve This
- Pick Your Mercy Up at the Door
- Christian vs. Follower of Jesus Christ
- And They All Lived Happily Ever After
- A Little Salty Talk Can Go a Long Way
- Even Before the Dust Settles…
- The Existence of Non-Visual Things
- This Is Not a Gentle Lob
- A Sip or the Whole Canteen?
- An Apology Requires You to Actually Be Sorry
- Don’t Worry, I Know the Owner
- You Can’t Get Past My Security Detail
- How Soon We Forget
- Comprehension Is Not a Prerequisite
- Mildew of the Heart
- An Unhealthy Skepticism
- Living in the Upside-Down
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Don’t Take Candy From Strangers
- Gambling That the Sun Will Rise Tomorrow
- Your Attention, Please!
- Guaranteed Returns on Your Investment
- How High Is Up?
- I Want to Pump You Up
- The Future’s So Bright!
- A Few More Years Tacked on at the End
- I Can Manage for Five Minutes. Tops.
- The Possibility of Future Cake
- The Gift of Yum
- What’s the Opposite of Road Rage?
- Past the Velvet Rope
- Judgy Houseplants
- Light at the Middle of the Tunnel
- You’re Not the Boss of Me
- Are You Done Talking Yet?
- Being Crappy At It Is No Excuse
- Decisions, Decisions
- Goodnight, Brain
- Lunchtime for Cannibals
- Us Vs. Them (Who is Them Again?)
- I’d Much Rather Be a Sheep
- I’m Starving
- The Humble Liar
- Born Into Chaos
- Behold! I Am Insignificant!
- Fuzzy Navels
- This Is Clearly Not True
- My Little Bag of Hope
- Jesus Is Sitting in My Chair
- No Need for a Plan B
- He Started It!
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand
- Stained Glass Sunset
- I’m Looking Forward to the Upgrade
- No One But You
- Soul Cramps
- Opposites Repulse
- You’re Getting Off Topic
- The Most Beautiful Sound
- Who’s In Charge Here?
- The Faith of a Who
- A Handy Guide to Bull Goring Incidents
- Chasms of Flaming Scorpions
- While Supplies Last?
- The Power To Get Blueberries
- Is It Supposed to Look Like That?
- God’s Shovel Is Bigger
- I’m a Tool!
- Fleshy, Selfish Things
- How I Learned to Hunt Lizards
- Grazing Blithely at Cliff’s Edge
- Comfortable vs. Able to Comfort
- Work Smarter, Not Harder
- A Tire Makes a Lousy Chair
- The Most Boring Advice Column
- Sticky Jam Hands
- Morally Excellent Chocolate
- We Can Make Beautiful Music Together! (Or We Can Make God Plug His Ears)
- Just Another Resurrection…
- I’m Too Important For That
- Less Noise, More Worship
- My Sundial Seems to Be Broken
- Outsourcing Worship
- The Whole Bag of Humility
- Haters Gonna Hate… or Can Love Change That?
- Purple Octopi
- Photographic Memory
- Some Dude Wrote This a Long Time Ago
- Batteries Not Included
- One For All and All For One
- I’m No Jedi
- A Nail in My Skull
- The Space Between the Stars
- Chosen to Serve
- Everlasting Gobstopper
- Who Ya Gonna Call?
- Collective Humbling
- There’s No Emergency Exit
- The Dung Beetle’s Joy
- God Is Good!
- Please Be Brief
- There’s No Jesus 2.0
- Bizarro World Rule: Love Enemies
- God is Always Home
- Are You Listening to Your Prayers?
- Law Shmaw
- Ancient, and More Recent Wonders
- Relative Witness
- Pecking and Pooping
- A Mind Stayed on God
- Be the Love I Want to Get
- Enough Faith to Be Patient
- When Grief is Good
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- A New Religion
- Discerning Love
- The Cure for Anxiety
- What’s Next?
- Little Sabotages Here and There
- God Would Mow Your Lawn