Every performing musician has his or her pre-show ritual. For some it’s stretching backstage or practicing solos. For some it’s sleeping or listening to a song to get in the mood. As embarrassing as this may be, I’d imagine myself as my favorite musicians. Though I don’t play shows anymore, I find the ritual stillContinue reading “On Identity”
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I’m Tired.
I didn’t have any intentions on blogging about Ferguson namely because the last thing I wanted to do was to appear as if I’m appealing to current events in some “attempt to be relevant,” as if I’m trying to win some Internet popularity contest. The fact is many people are writing about Ferguson and racismContinue reading “I’m Tired.”
All The Small Things: Thoughts on Grandiose vs. Everyday Actions
“Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay… small acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps it is because I am afraid… andContinue reading “All The Small Things: Thoughts on Grandiose vs. Everyday Actions”
Technological Zombies
It’d been eight years since the zombie apocalypse ravaged the city, a host of them residing in an airport eating the flesh and brains of humans. A girl and her friends are wandering around when the zombie finds himself attracted the woman. He eats the boyfriend (minor detail) and something strange happens. His attraction growsContinue reading “Technological Zombies”
School of Hard Knocks: Experiences in Planting
Like those people who wake up hung-over from the night before vowing to never drink again only to find themselves at a bar later that day, every time I look forward to being part of a pre-existing movement, my heart flutters at the thought of another unreached place. This past week my wife and IContinue reading “School of Hard Knocks: Experiences in Planting”
Encouragement for the Exiles
Though Florida should actually be known as the Sauna State, when the sun manages to defeat the clouds it’s no mystery how its nickname stands the test of time. It was spring 2012, I was in my first year with InterVarsity planting at a local community college, and on this particular day I was standingContinue reading “Encouragement for the Exiles”
The Pursuit of Happiness
Every so often I’ll stumble across an article on social media promising sage advice for young twenty-somethings entering the throes of adulthood. Typically, it boils down to doing what makes you happy. While I usually struggle with these articles, for the most part ignore them and move on with my day. But this past weekContinue reading “The Pursuit of Happiness”
Preparing to Win the Battle and the War
As a campus minister, one of the greatest joys of my heart is watching as students give their lives to Jesus. For all the prayers, setbacks, and hard conversations, it’s the moment where everything feels worth it. Luke 15 says there’s rejoicing in heaven and I believe it. It’s exciting. Yet if there’s one thing CaymanContinue reading “Preparing to Win the Battle and the War”
Courage & Cowardice
For only five chapters, the book of James has an uncanny way of making you feel unfit to follow Jesus. There’s a verse in that epistle that gives me chills every time I come across it. It reads, “So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it isContinue reading “Courage & Cowardice”
And Sometimes God Says “No”
It started with a good quiet time and a handful of ideas I thought could change Cayman. All right, that’s a bit of an exaggeration but that’s how I was feeling. Glowing like Moses post-Sinai, I rejoined the Israelites to watch each idea get shot down by reality, the final straw being a unique ministryContinue reading “And Sometimes God Says “No””
Tomy Wilkerson 