Dear Bloom - Four years ago this weekend our family rolled into Denver in a U-Haul, excited and scared witless about the prospect of joining you in the very unlikely…
An image: You're running a race, the road clearly marked out. There are thousands of other runners, and on each side of the road are grandstands full of people, cheering,…
In the last six months or so, I've started to find the language for a tension I live with. I'll never forget reading Henri Nouwen's The Wounded Healer years ago and coming…
Hey Bloom Family - About this time four years ago, my family and I were on the verge of making one of the biggest and (in retrospect) best decisions of…
I feel conflicted. I am for traditional marriage. I realize that not everyone sees it as being as obvious as I see it in the Scriptures, but for me it's…
Few things are more awe-inspiring than witnessing human beings in full possession of their craft. A classically trained pianist, fingers flying across the keys... a professional athlete, effortlessly combining strength,…
With some of the fasting I've done this Lent (and in the previous few months), one of the things I've noticed is that, as my appetites quiet, my heart becomes…
"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." - Psalm 51 A broken spirit. That moment when you finally come…
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