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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> I came into the church this morning carrying a hot cup of coffee that burned my hands in a red gas-station cup. As I grabbed my key to the door with my other hand, I met a man struggling with homelessness who needed food on the front stoop. I greeted him, unlocked the front door, and set my coffee down on the quiet heat register because of the 92-degree weather and let him in. The smell of bananas greeted us from a cart i

On my desk at home, I have a small 5 x 8 photo of Jesus laughing. I remember first seeing the photo much larger, hanging in the mess hall of the Baptist camp I grew up attending in the summers. My brother and I would often call it “Bob Marley” Jesus. It was a hard picture to see at first, strange, foreign, even scandalous. Jesus lived a hard life; the scriptures call him a man of suffering. Jesus had a serious mission; the most important mission ever. I didn’t think laugh

This year I got roped into coaching baseball...again. Truth be told, I love it. I loved coaching my son's team this year, and last year, and the years before. But here's a little secret. I'm not actually very good at baseball. I played some backyard baseball growing up. A little softball. But I never played organized baseball. Most of what I know has been learned on the fly. That's where reels come in. I've probably watched hundreds of short coaching videos over the past coup

Noticing Grace is a space for quiet reflection on faith, formation, and everyday life. These reflections are offered as invitations to slow down, pay attention, and notice where God’s grace may already be present. Rooted in Scripture and lived experience, this blog explores the ways we are being shaped by love, by habit, by loss, and by hope; while trusting that God is patiently at work in us and around us. We Become What We Give Our Attention To I woke up one morning with an