Pastor · Spiritual director · Builder

My work is mostly listening: to people, to God, to what’s stirring in the inner world and what’s becoming possible in this one.

For a long time these felt like two lives. They aren’t. The same curiosity that draws me into someone’s inner life with God is what draws me toward what we can build now. This is the whole of it, in one place.

Pastoral & contemplative

Reality SF, spiritual direction, Immanuel Prayer, and inner healing & deliverance.

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Building in the AI age

Prequire.ai and M-Powered Media — learning, making, and exploring what these new tools make possible.

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From the journal

  • The Illusion of Self-Protection: Learning to Let God Guard What I Have Been Guarding Myself

    It was 6am, dark outside, the kind of stillness that only exists before a city wakes up. We were praying, and Shawna began to sing, unplanned, unrehearsed, the way the Spirit sometimes moves through a room before anyone has decided to lead. The words were simple: “I give up my control, oh God.” I have…

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  • When Death Is The Option

    I have been reflecting on many of the obstacles and that I have been experiencing lately. As many of my friends and family know I had a pulmonary embolism in August of 2016.  Over 30% of people that have these die. Most find out about the cause of death in an autopsy. I am alive.…

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  • The “Believe Me” Policy…

    I woke up this morning reflecting on a funny thing that happened to me. Yesterday, I started the day as I usually do. Making coffee, drinking my 30 oz, of water with lemon and apple cider vinegar. (my body is loving this new habit…) My wife, Malia, was going to fly to Washington DC to…

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