Faith
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Why Do You Feel the Need to Do So Much?
A fall down the stairs, a question from a classmate, and what I am learning about…
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Whose Wound Is Worse?
Picture two people at a coffee shop. One of them starts to describe something that hurt.…
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The Threads I Keep Pulling
What I See Emerging as I Keep Writing A student once stopped me mid-sentence. I had…
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Podcast Episode: Surrendering Autonomy
The entire essay can be found at https://lifevocation.blog/2026/06/05/surrendering-autonomy/ Pip: Life Vocations is a site that asks…
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The Lesser Magistrate in God’s Other Kingdom: A Confessional Lutheran Synthesis of Resistance, the Two Kingdoms, and Christian Citizenship
The doctrine of the lesser magistrate, articulated most fully in the Magdeburg Confession of 1550, has…
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Devotion or Disorder?
Posted on June 16 | Bryan Stafford A better way to read intense faith, and a…
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Podcast Episode: Grace And Wholeness
Pip: Life Vocations is a site where the deep questions get full manuscripts — not hot…
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Shalom Is Justice Grown Up
What a homeless encampment, a counseling chair, and my son taught me about the kind of…
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How Do I Know Jesus Has Played a Role in My Life?
Posted June 2026, copyright 2026 “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes…
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You Are Worse Than You Think — and More Loved Than You Dare Hope
An old cassette, four great doctrines, and the one thing our exhausting age can’t manufacture. The…
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