For many years this space has held reflections from different seasons of life and ministry. Some were written in early formation. Others in transition. Some in clarity. Some in wrestling.
I have chosen to preserve those writings as part of the journey
But this season requires greater intentionality.
The Church is living in a moment that demands both tenderness and vigilance. It demands pastors who can bind wounds and guard doctrine. It requires spiritual fathers and mothers who understand both formation and resistance.
That tension is not new. It has always been the calling.
Psalm 23 speaks of the shepherd’s rod and staff. One comforts. One protects. Both are carried by the same hand.
In recent years, my own sense of calling has crystallized around that image. Ministry cannot be reduced to nurture alone. Nor can it collapse into combativeness. The flock must be fed. It must also be guarded.
Thus, Between Crook and Sword.
This is not a platform for reactionary outrage. Nor is it a retreat into theological abstraction. It is a space for thoughtful engagement, spiritual formation, pastoral clarity, and measured conviction.
I write as a Family Pastor and biblical counselor. As a Mediate theologian standing between Reformed and Arminian streams. As a husband and father. As someone commissioned for ministry inside prison walls. As a shepherd shaped by military service, psychological training, and subcultural mission work.
Those layers are not contradictions. They are context.
In this new season, you can expect writing that engages:
- Doctrine with depth
- Culture without hysteria
- Leadership with accountability
- Spiritual warfare without sensationalism
- Counseling with theological grounding
- Formation with patience
I will not avoid difficult issues. But I will resist unnecessary noise.
Conviction must not become cruelty.
Courage must not become aggression.
Tenderness must not become compromise.
The Church does not need louder voices. It needs steadier ones.
If you have followed previous writings here, thank you. If you are new, welcome. The archive remains, but the direction forward is clear.
The aim is simple:
To guard the flock.
To form the soul.
To labor faithfully in the tension.
Between crook and sword.
— David
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