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Unveiled Glory

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For the full unabridged audio listen here: Believing is Seeing and Believing is Life - Unveiled Glory

The world has a pretty fixed idea of what glory looks like. Glory is wealth. Glory is crowns. Glory is military power and self-promotion. We glorify ourselves.

But when Jesus lifts his eyes to heaven in John 17, he pulls back the curtain on the true heart of God. He unveils a glory revealed not in a palace but on a cross — not in self-preservation but in self-giving love, not in worldly dominance but in a united, protected church that reflects the eternal love of the Father and the Son.

Glory, from the perspective of Jesus, is so different from how we think of glory in the world. So let me try to give you a snapshot of what it actually looks like.

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Apparently, I was dreaming about Sunday worship. Woke up thinking it was Sunday. Turned on the coffee pot and was getting ready to do Sunday stuff and then realized today is Saturday. #PastorLife

Watched: The Transformers: The Movie 🍿

Seeing this in the theater again at 50 after seeing it when I was 10 was remarkable. The emotions still hit. The soundtrack still hit.

The Prologue with Peter Cullen? 🔥

The Epilogue? Man. That was redemptive for 10 year old me.

🎙️ New episode: “Community After Deconstruction”

Naming church wounds honestly. Why isolation feels safe after deconstruction — and what it costs. Four questions to ask of any community.

Boundaries aren’t bitterness. Caution isn’t cynicism.

🎧 Community After Deconstruction

2.5 Community After Deconstruction

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For many people, deconstruction isn’t just theological — it’s relational. It involves the church, people, community, and sometimes deep wounds. This week, I talk honestly about church wounds, the pull toward isolation, and how to discern and slowly re-enter healthy community after deconstruction. Restoration, like Peter’s on the shore in John 21, happens in relationship — not apart from it.

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“Aristotle said I am a rational animal. I say, I’m an angel with an incredible capacity for beer.” - Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel

This book. Oh this book! I haven’t read it in nearly 30 years. It is still life giving and radical and timely.

"Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest."

Wendell Berry, Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front​

I love the way that Berry always called us into the infinite game.

Watched: The Uprising 🍿

We saw this tonight and while my wife did not enjoy a single second of it, I left with so many questions and thoughts. I need to see it again even though it was a bit exhausting.

I despise Bulgarian Split Squats.

A few years ago, I could not do Bulgarian Split Squats.

Now I can.

I still despise them.

2.4 Faith After Innocence

Deconstruction is clear, but reconstruction requires true courage. In this episode, we explore what it looks like to rebuild a resilient, mature faith after your previous spiritual frameworks have broken down. Moving beyond the need for absolute certainty, we discuss how to embrace a scarred resurrection hope, distinguish childlike faith from childish faith, and establish a new foundation centered on grace and love.

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I played the Jack Nicklaus designed, Bay Point Golf Course today. Stunning views and the signature fifth hole was so very cool.

“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

  • Mary Oliver, poet