Field Note Archive
These aren’t essays or studies — they’re trail notes.
Some were scribbled in the middle of a spiritual thunderstorm.
Others were just thoughts that wouldn’t leave me alone until I wrote them down.
Not all of them will age well.
Some might only be helpful for a moment — and that moment may have passed.
Others might still be simmering with something true.
I’ve left them here not because they’re polished,
but because they’re part of the journey.
Mine… and maybe yours too.
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When Desire Tries to Outvote Truth
One of the hardest things a person can do is honestly examine the thing they want most. Desire can bend vision. What we want can start to feel true simply because we want it badly. Many people do not investigate to discover the truth. They investigate, hoping to be reassured. That creates a dangerous moment….
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Watching the Flow of Life
There are moments when you step back and see it. Not just your own life, but everyone’s at once. You are in a store, or walking through a crowd, or driving on the freeway, and suddenly it all feels different. People are moving everywhere, each one with somewhere to go, something to do, something to…
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Whose Footsteps Are You Following?
There comes a moment in any journey when you stop looking at the horizon and start looking at the ground, not out of fear, but out of honesty. Because the direction of your life is not revealed by what you say you believe, but by the path your feet are actually taking. “Ponder the path…
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Why I Say “Biblical Worldview” Instead of “Christian Worldview”
Sometimes language gets crowded. When someone says “Christian worldview,” it is not always clear what they mean. It could refer to historic orthodoxy, a particular denomination, a political posture, or even cultural habits passed down over generations. The term carries weight, but it has also accumulated layers that can blur its meaning. So when I…
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Why You Keep Seeing the Word “Agapē”
Why You Keep Seeing the Word “Agapē” If you have been reading DiscipleLife for a while, you have probably noticed a word that keeps appearing. Agapē. It shows up in essays, transitions, and sometimes quietly at the end of a discussion about something that seemed, at first glance, unrelated. You might reasonably ask: Why does…
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Why We Must Seek Understanding Instead of Inventing It
I have been thinking about the Voynich Manuscript again. The strange fifteenth-century book at Yale University filled with odd plants, zodiac drawings, and writing no one can read. For over a century, experts have tried to decode it. Lost language. Secret science. Hidden knowledge. When I look at it, I see something simpler. I grew…