Christian Reality Checks

Surrealist image of God, in His Heavenly Throne Room, looking down at earth through high powered binoculars.

When Someone Says “God Was Watching”: Is That Good?

We hear “God is watching” as a warning or a comfort, depending on what we fear. But Scripture invites something different — a way of noticing what God is actually looking at, and why that matters. to our souls.

Learning to Notice What God Is Actually Looking At

Fundraising on small town street. Some doctors have a booth with little money for hospital equipment. Some soldiers have a bowl full of money was supposed to be for a veterans fund, but now says war fund.

Are wars more important than poor people?

The Moral Cost of Governance, Christian Reality Checks, Government & Politics, How Did We Get Here?

This piece explores the shift happening beneath our politics – a trade of compassion for conflict, often without realizing it. It invites readers to consider what this choice reveals about who we follow and who we’re becoming.

The Quiet Trade We Don’t Realize We’re Making

A whimsical watercolor illustration of a weathered wooden sign in a garden. The sign displays contradictory text and symbols: an arrow pointing up next to the word "down," an arrow pointing down next to the word "up," followed by the lines "YES = NO" and "NO = YES."

Let Your “Yes” Be “Yes”: Deconstructing the Doublespeak of Modern “Christian” Politics

Christian Reality Checks, Conversations with AI, How Did We Get Here?

This started off with a simple question, from something I read online. Just a simple fact check. True or False.

A Christian Reality Check - When Did Politics Invade Relidion?

How come so many Christians don’t really know God?
July 23, 2026
A surprising number of Christians never learn what it means to truly know God. This piece looks at the reasons behind that gap and offers a quiet invitation to grow past the version of faith that keeps us spiritually stuck.
A Sobering AI Conversation About Baptism and Discipleship
July 21, 2026
This article explores seemingly simple but important questions: How have baptism and discipleship drifted apart in modern Christian practice — […]
The Beatitudes – Introduction
July 20, 2026
This introduction looks at the people who surrounded Jesus — their lives, their pressures, their reasons for showing up. Understanding who they were helps us hear the Beatitudes without rushing past the human story they were spoken into.
U.S. Moral High Ground in Iran? – An AI Conversation
July 18, 2026
With everything going on in the U.S., Israel, Iran war, there’s a need to look at this from a truly […]
How can I be angry at him? He’s dying.
July 16, 2026
An old piece of writing resurfaced from a season of waiting — cancer decisions, daily vet trips, and the slow decline of a beloved dog. What happened in those moments revealed something the Rich Young Man never understood: a quiet, trusting love that doesn’t walk away.