The Dead Sea Scrolls don’t undermine the faith. They complicate the comfortable version of it — and that’s not the same thing. Canon fluidity, textual variants, messianic plurality: none of these are hidden, none are invented, and none of them get to stay safely unexamined. Part 3 of What the Desert Kept: The Unbound Word.
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What the Desert Kept: The Unbound Word | My Father’s Questions
Part 2 of What the Desert Kept: The Unbound Word traces the questions my father couldn’t put down — about canon, suppression, and the distance between institutional Christianity and the faith Scripture actually describes. It also traces what those questions cost him, what they planted in me without my knowing, and what it took for me to finally understand the inheritance he left behind. This one got personal. I think it needed to.
What the Desert Kept: The Unbound Word | The Discovery
In 1947, a young Bedouin shepherd threw a rock into a cave near the Dead Sea and heard something break. What was inside those clay jars would become the most significant manuscript discovery in modern history — and would take decades of scholarly struggle, controversy, and one very persistent librarian to finally reach the rest of the world. This is Part One of What the Desert Kept: The Unbound Word, a five-part deep dive into the Dead Sea Scrolls — their discovery, their contents, the community that preserved them, and the Scriptural threads that held across nearly two thousand years of silence.
When Leaves Aren’t Enough: The Real Work of Spiritual Formation | Daily Bread
Spiritual appearance comes naturally. Showing up, saying the right things, checking the right boxes — from a distance, it all looks like faith. But Jesus wasn’t fooled by a leafy tree with nothing underneath, and He isn’t fooled by us either. In this promised deep dive from the Leaves but No Fruit post, we get honest about the gap between looking formed and actually being formed — what creates it, why it’s so easy to miss, and what real transformation actually looks like from the inside out. Spoiler: it’s slower, harder, and more honest than most of us expect.
Sunday Sessions | Finding God Under All the Religious Stuff
There is something nobody tells you about deconstruction: sometimes you tear down everything you thought you believed, only to find the thing you were actually looking for was buried underneath all along. This statement will be old news for many. For many, still, it will feel familiar, and as they read on I suspect theyContinueContinue reading “Sunday Sessions | Finding God Under All the Religious Stuff”
Authenticity Unveiled | Noise of Ego vs. Voice of Spirit
The clash between illusion and truth is not only around us. It is within us. Nowhere is that battle clearer than in the noise of ego versus the voice of Spirit. The ego is loud. It demands attention, insists on control, and craves validation. It thrives on illusion because illusions protect its power. Ego willContinueContinue reading “Authenticity Unveiled | Noise of Ego vs. Voice of Spirit”
Authenticity Unveiled | Discernment in the Age of Spectacle
We live in a world obsessed with spectacle. Screens glow, voices shout, headlines scream for our attention. What matters is not whether something is true, but whether it can be seen, shared, and consumed. The result is an endless flood of noise where visibility masquerades as value, and entertainment poses as wisdom. But Christ neverContinueContinue reading “Authenticity Unveiled | Discernment in the Age of Spectacle”
Authenticity Unveiled | Truth and Illusion
The truth does not flatter.It frees. In our world and reality today, people often hate, fear, and avoid truth. Why? Because truth does not coddle us. It calls us out of darkness and into light. It strips away illusions until we are face to face with the reality of who we are and who GodContinueContinue reading “Authenticity Unveiled | Truth and Illusion”
From Roots to Renewal | Where We Grow From Here
Silence isn’t absence. It’s work being done. Deep work. The kind that doesn’t always announce itself but shows up later as fruit. I have been mostly quiet in terms of writing and sharing here at Twin Tree throughout 2025. I’ve shared about some situational things here and there, mostly to help keep focus on theContinueContinue reading “From Roots to Renewal | Where We Grow From Here”
Resurrection, Reframing, and Rebuilding: From Bondage to Breath | A Supportive Message to the Ones Who’ve Outgrown ANY Religion
Last night I shared a message that I felt I was being guided to share with you—support for those who have chosen to leave the Church, specifically for those who might be struggling with the hindsight of that choice after being hit with the deep clarity that comes once you’ve fully removed yourself from theContinueContinue reading “Resurrection, Reframing, and Rebuilding: From Bondage to Breath | A Supportive Message to the Ones Who’ve Outgrown ANY Religion”
Exploring Grounding in Depth: Rooted in Holy Presence
Grounding is more than a fleeting moment of calm; it’s a spiritual and embodied practice that aligns us with the divine, creation, and our truest selves. It’s not just about finding relief when life feels chaotic—it’s about cultivating a lifestyle of rootedness, where we stand firm despite the inevitable storms of life. In our previousContinueContinue reading “Exploring Grounding in Depth: Rooted in Holy Presence”
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