Rocks Along the Way
are reflections of what’s happening now.
Not answers.
Not conclusions.
Just something steady to pause on.
Some are light.
Some are heavy or unexpected.
Take what steadies you.
Leave the rest.
Read one.
Return later.
Or pass it by.
The path remains.
Rocks of the Day
The Innkeeper Who Watched
A parable for the age of the algorithm With Receipts — — — Now, this is how the inn began. The man was young, and still in school. A young woman had turned away from him, and the wound of it sat in his chest like a stone. He drank. And in the place where…
The Way God Wouldn’t Want It
You may or may not have a faith. That’s fine. What I’m asking for is simpler — just a willingness to see through a particular lens for a few minutes. The lens is called shalom. It’s an ancient Hebrew idea that means something like: the world as it was meant to be. Not just peace…
Hierarchy That Survived – Complementarianism
Tracing the Roots and Intent of Modern Complementarianism You may have heard the word complementarianism. I first encountered it in a church I attended in Minneapolis — a congregation formed around a mission to reach university students, drawing from the University of Minnesota and a dozen other campuses within a few miles of downtown. I…
On Divorce
Divorce — The Ideal and the Real: What’s Jesus’ View? Can We Discern Jesus’ View? This is both a social and a spiritual issue. Divorce in the U.S. brings real economic, emotional, and relational consequences, with the greatest impact often falling on women and children. Women’s household income typically drops 20–40%, and about 25% of…
The Quota
Bands of masked, heavily armed men roam the streets. They are hunting. Dangerous people. At first, they are told exactly what they are hunting for: criminal immigrants. They are promised abundance. Easy work. A target-rich environment. Three thousand hunters are deployed. They are organized into five hundred teams of six. Each team is given a…
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics What’s a lie—and can we see it coming? Over the past few years, I’ve changed how I consume information—news, politics, even everyday claims. I no longer assume that authority equals accuracy. Instead, I do two things: It takes more time. But it replaces certainty with clarity. That framework is why…
Extraordinary Threats
Extraordinary Measures This piece did not begin as an abstract inquiry. It began with a convergence of events—and a surge of emotion that would not settle. It all started when ICE operations expanded across Minnesota, producing fear among non-citizens. Anger when a fellow SEM student from Africa was detained and informed he was being deported.…
Killing Good
Are we, as a society, now literally killing good? On January 7, 2026, Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three and U.S. citizen, was fatally shot during a federal immigration enforcement operation in south Minneapolis. She was inside her SUV on a residential street when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents approached her vehicle. An…
Masculinity Reclaimed—or Rebranded Empire?
In recent years, a growing chorus of public voices has urged men to “step up,” reclaim leadership, and take charge of their families—and society itself. The movement goes by different names and arises from different places, but its message is consistent: Society is in decline because men have been weakened. Restoration requires men to reclaim…
The Fraud of the Fraud
A Brief Word Before You Read This reflection occupies a difficult space. It names real wrongdoing—and also how that wrongdoing can be stretched, repurposed, and narrated in ways that distort rather than clarify, often causing additional harm. It is not written to excuse failure, defend institutions, or minimize misconduct. It is written to protect proportion.…
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