Royal Priests and Reluctant Pastors: Rethinking Calling in an Age of Church Burnout
Calling often begins where you least want to go.
Wade Fransson
Wade Fransson, a former Christian minister with experience across Europe, South Africa, and the U.S., observed Jewish Sabbaths from a Christian perspective, gaining insights into progressive revelation. Visiting the Baha’i World Center in 1981, he embraced the Baha’i Faith in 2007 with his wife Angela, later founding a publishing company and engaging in Baha’i community initiatives, including The Royal Falcon Foundation and the Created in the Image of God podcast.
152 posts
Tree of Life, Future of Faith: Where Do We Go From Here
The future of faith isn’t more knowledge—it’s returning to the Tree of Life.
The most widely published book in human history tells us we are created in the image of God.
Does Your Faith Have Power or Just Words? A Challenge from Don Britton
God Has Provided Something Better: Why Our Solutions Fail Without True Faith
Male and Female He Created Them: Between Sodom and Babel on the Road to Oneness
The most widely published book in human history tells us we are created in the image of God.
Jesus in the Pediatric Ward: Why “Jesus Can Heal My Heart” Is for Grown-Ups Too
Others Refused Release: When Faith Won’t Bow to the Spirit of the Age
Divorce, Covenant, and Restoration: From Eden to a Shattered—and Healing—Life
In Between New Atheists and Culture Warriors: Why We Need Translators Like Tom Krattenmaker
Every Scar Tells a Story: Forgiveness, Truth, and the Strength of Avonley Lightstone’s Wounds
Purim, Persia, and the War We’re Living In
Out of Weakness Made Strong: Mercy Without Moral Collapse
Paul’s Forgotten Project: What Roger Wheeler’s Work in Zambia Reveals About Fairness in the Kingdom
Multiple Meanings, One Reality: Learning a Hermeneutics of Harmony
From NFL Captain to New Creation: When Success Becomes a False Gode
By Faith They Worked Righteousness: Standing on the Right Shoulders
Adam as Body, Eve as Soul: The Inner Drama of Attachment
The Monster, the Temple, and the Missing Ministry in the Church
Joy as Spiritual Warfare in Trauma and Work (What I Learned from Wanda Thibodeaux)
By Faith Moses Refused: Identity Without Envy, Solidarity Without Coveting
The Garden as Courtroom and Laboratory: Concepts, Golden Calves, and the War for Reality
When Theology Starts Speaking in Dollars: How Our God‑Language Quietly Shapes Our Economics
Beloved Beyond Labels: What a Catholic, a Pentecostal, and a Runaway 4Runner Taught Me About Unity
By Faith Abraham Went: Leaving Entitlement, Embracing Responsibility
Hardness of Heart: Why God Permits What He Doesn’t Prefer
I Am Because We Are: Marlena Graves, Ubuntu, and the End of Selective Compassion
Some stories of calling begin with obvious talent and early success. Megan Rosselot’s did not.
One Flesh in a World of Fracture – Between Legalism and the New Golden Calf
From Hiding Your Name to Owning Your Destiny: What Scorpio Taught Me About Identity
Choose Freedom: When Neuroscience and Scripture Team Up to Break Addiction
By Faith Abel Offered: When Worship Costs You Something
