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We Don’t Have All the Time

Nat King Cole once sang, “We Have All the Time in the World”. It’s a beautiful line. Comforting. Romantic. But the truth is, we don’t. Time is not endless, and love is not guaranteed to wait until we’re ready. Moments…
Why Coldplay Became a Place to Rest

Since moving to Marion, music has become less about taste and more about survival. Coldplay and Andy Grammer have quietly become my default — not because life feels celebratory, but because their music creates space when life is unresolved. Songs…
Can AI Serve the Church Without Replacing the Spirit?

Lately, I’ve been sitting with a question that many people of faith are quietly asking, even if they’re not saying it out loud: How do we engage new tools without losing what matters most? Artificial intelligence is now part of…
Stillness Tells The Truth

There comes a moment when words are no longer needed. Not because nothing is felt, but because everything essential has already been said — quietly, clearly, and more than once. At that point, what matters is not explanation, but observation.…
Noticing What Is

Tonight I am noticing something simple and difficult at the same time. Affection can feel good and still not be a promise. Comfort can be real without pointing toward a shared future. I’m learning to tell the difference — not…
Where I Keep the Gate

I’m not closing my heart. But I am choosing where I keep the gate. Access to me is not earned by familiarity alone. It’s earned by care, consistency, and protection. Some boundaries don’t exist to push people away — they…
What I No Longer Override

There was a time when I talked myself out of discomfort. When I softened truths so I wouldn’t seem demanding. When I stayed present while something in me quietly withdrew. I don’t do that anymore. I listen when my body…
Still, I Am Here

I’m not trying to arrive anywhere today. I’m simply noticing where I already am. There is a quiet steadiness beneath the noise — a place that hasn’t been chasing, proving, or waiting. It’s been here the whole time. When I…
Becoming Available to What’s Mutual

There’s a difference between waiting and becoming available. Waiting keeps one eye on the past and one on possibility. Becoming available is quieter. It’s an internal re-alignment — a decision to live in a way that can receive what is…
What Mutual Love Looks Like to Me

Mutual love, as I understand it now, is not intensity or reassurance. It’s not words offered in moments of comfort, nor closeness that appears without follow-through. Mutual love is quieter and more consistent than that. It looks like presence that…
Here, as I am

I’m noticing a shift in how I’m showing up in my own life. For a long time, my writing and reflections were tethered to something external — a relationship, a role, a sense of purpose I was trying to hold…
God’s Story in Ghostbusters

God’s Story in Ghostbusters Crossing the Streams: When the Body Becomes One 🎬 What if a comedy about catching ghosts held a deeper truth about spiritual unity? In the 1984 cult classic Ghostbusters, four misfits are drawn into a supernatural…
The Meaning of Life

Many seek the meaning of life, but if you are a Christian, sometimes religion makes it hard to understand. Hear Norman Percy Grubb explain the big picture in simple terms through this 6-part message: The Meaning of Life.
I am HIStory – Tony Maden

My HIStory for Dr Asefaw Indrias Life Church, Olathe 9/29/23 This is the first episode of a new podcast series I will launching soon on a dedicated podcast channel ‘I am history’. As show host, Tony Maden, I thought it…