Prayer
Andrew Taylor-Troutman pens an ode to a grandfather and all that he passed on — from cookie salads to baseball to a prayer.
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The best dad gift
In an excerpt from his forthcoming summer 2023 book Little Big Moments, Andrew Taylor-Troutman reflects on the best dad gift.
Guns and poems
What can poetry accomplish?
Seeing God in a prophet and a purple Stegosaurus hat
Where have you seen God recently?
Belonging in the children’s church
A child wearing brown loafers and no socks (just like his father), reading a Bible in Sunday worship (just like his father) — What can this boy teach us about belonging?
Love for Easter-only worshippers
How one pastor’s investment in a theology of belonging has liberated him from resentment.
The sparkle and shimmer
A child in cowgirl boots heralds the coming of Easter for Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Night sky of tears
“Sadness can feel sky high. Yet, the Holy One, who stretched the heavens, walks with us.”
A top hat and tails
It can be tempting to harden our hearts as protection. What would life look like if we lived like daffodils blooming in late winter? Like a middle schooler wearing a top hat and tails to a dance?
Boogie with your shadow: A funeral epiphany
A poem by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.