Turning the Gem
Kristin Mockler Young, Meredith MillerHelping disenchanted Christians find joy + hope.
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Shiny Paths: Direction or Distraction?
I tend to use media as escapism. In 2025, I read roughly 40 fiction books. I haven’t read that many stories since Ann M. Martin introduced The Babysitter’s Club: Mysteries. With all else that my mind was being forced to take in, I just didn...
My church was torn down today.
Today my church was torn down.
Not metaphorically. Not symbolically.
With a bulldozer.
My church. My campus. My first ministry home.
My Metro.
We moved out and closed the chapter on this campus after the pandemic when the building tr...
Is it time to leave the church?
Maybe it’s the nature of my job as a pastor, but I follow a lot of other pastors and Christian leaders on social media. While I don’t want to operate in an echo chamber and do listen to voices I don’t completely agree with, most of the mini...
One Pastor's response to the effect of Charlie Kirk on Christians.
Even though I received uninvited messages merely hours after Charlie Kirk was shot, asking why I wasn’t saying anything about it, I knew it wasn’t my time to respond. I actually posted a story and deleted it within minutes because I’ve lear...
Something's Gotta Give
I submitted my first manuscript. 13 chapters. 48,929 words. 100 google doc pages. It’s the reason some of you are here - you’ve read my writing in the past and it gave language to something you had yet to find words for. It’s also the reaso...
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Pastor. Preacher. Author. Becoming Church podcast host. I take Jesus and loving people seriously, but not much else. "The Other Side of Certainty: How to Follow Jesus when Easy Answers No Longer Work" available now: https://amzn.to/4uzV6fF
I'm a pastor + parent who helps adults talk about God, faith + the Bible with kids. I wrote Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn't Have to Heal From.
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