The Carpenter’s Pen

 Welcome to The Carpenter’s Pen. Other than writing, I spend a lot of time in my workshop making furniture or other household items. I find while I’m working my mind tends to turn to issues of life and living and these thoughts eventually foment into the articles below. I hope you find something helpful or useful for your journey through life.

  • The Remote Control

    We don’t all see life the same. Our experiences aren’t all the same. To find common ground, we need perspective.

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  • Presents vs Presence

    Remembering what’s most important at Christmas.

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  • Finding Common Ground in a Politicized Church

    When God calls us to aggravate one another

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  • Doing Church Backwards

    Sunday through Saturday Christians vs Monday thru Sunday Disciples

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  • Life From the Back of a Canoe

    A model for relationship with God and in marriage through life’s turbulent waters

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  • Whose Side is God on Anyways

    Examining God’s position on polarizing issues

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  • Never Forget

    Who gets to “never forget”?

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  • Cars and Faith

    an analogy for the validity of faith

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  • Leading From the Front

    Re-examining Leadership philosophies

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  • For All the Mother's Without Children on Mother's Day

    Does being able to carry a child really make you a mother?

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  • When Batman was Funny

    Exploring a Culture of Violence

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  • Why the Media Shows and Should Show the Innocent Pictures of Black Men Killed

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  • The Problem With "All Lives Matter"

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  • Judgment vs Judgmentalism

    Discerning Behavior not Devaluing Lives

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  • The Devil's Offering

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  • Getting Saved

    An analogy for the Great Commission

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  • God's Judgment on our Moral Decay

    It may not be what you think it is

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  • The Truth About Santa

    What do we tell our kids when it comes time to tell them The Truth About Santa

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