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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Who Says You Are a Christian?
One of the most sobering thoughts I have encountered is this:Almost anyone can claim almost any identity.A person can say he is a humanist, a Buddhist, a capitalist, an environmentalist, a minimalist, or a hundred other things. Whether he consistently lives according to those beliefs is another matter, but the identity itself usually begins with…
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What Does It Mean to Be Made in the Image of God?
I was asked the other day, “What does it mean to be made in the image of God?” I gave the standard answer: intellect, emotions, and will. During the conversation, we added morality. I added being created to love God. By the time we were done, the definition had become messy, fragmented, and, honestly, based…
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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…