This week has been a whirlwind. As the impact of Mission Central’s closing begins to ripple through our community, I’ve been blessed with a front-row seat as God has continued to be at work, even in the midst of grief. I’ve always believed that ministry should move in the area of least resistance and this…

I don’t remember when or how the seed was planted. I feel like it was always just there. It was almost as if my whole life, I’d been primed for the conversation when Aimee brought it up for the first time. She remembers vividly the first time that she and I talked about it together….

I have great memories of my dad teaching me to play chess when I was 7-8 years old. I’m pretty sure he let me win way more than I deserved to. I distinctly remember the way he’d ask, “Are you sure you want to do that?” I’d already have removed my hand from the piece,…

I am terrible at basketball. I enjoyed playing basketball when I was younger, but I was not gifted with the particular skills or talents necessary to be considered a basketball player—by any stretch of the imagination. I tried out for the basketball team in the 7th grade. I made the C-Team, along with everyone else…

This week in our community has been painful. The deaths of loved ones including Londyn Tippett and Lauren Bajuk have caused unimaginable grief, turned worlds upside down, and left us grasping for any certainties that can give us stable footing. In moments like these, it’s hard to force words up on to a screen. I’m…

On Tuesday this week, I was invited to sit with the Bellaire Elementary School Adopters at the HEB ISD VIPS Brunch. The VIPS of HEB ISD are the incredibly dedicated core of volunteers who give their time (a lot of it) to support schools, teachers, and students within the school district. Some of those folks…

The idea behind collective reasoning is that when a group of people apply brainpower to a problem, their collective wisdom can round out any one person’s error(s) in judgement. So in theory, the average of all of our collective answers to the question, “How many feet tall is the Jesus window?” would be closer to the actual answer than any one particular person’s answer.

In our community as many as 37% of households fall below this survival budget threshold. This means that parents with full-time jobs may be earning enough for rent, or food, or childcare, but likely can’t afford all the things they need to survive.