Faith lived in Tuesdays and board games and buying a house, not just on mountaintops.
Coffee, sunlight, a good night's sleep: we assume these things just happen. They don't. Twenty-four ordinary and not-so-ordinary gifts, traced back to the one Source behind all of them, and Augustine's centuries-old attempt to put words to a God too big to contain.
I've been a professing Christian for 20 years, and I'm just now learning what it looks like to live out the two greatest commands. Doing religious things turned out to be a lot easier than loving people, and Jesus keeps making that difference impossible to miss.
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face. – Mike Tyson Mike Tyson may be slightly insane, but he is right about getting punched in the face. I’ve experienced some substantial changes this year; particularly over the last few months. I’ve wondered, does our theology (and not just theology, but our faith)…
I have to admit, my posts have been somewhat serious or even borderline melancholy lately, but I’ve decided that’s not necessarily a bad thing. This post is no exception. It’s been a tough season for Theresa and I, but it’s also been a tough decade or so—marked with suffering along the road of obedience, but…
Have you ever wished you could build a perimeter around your house and make it difficult for people to be able to walk up to your front door and start knocking? I have, just now, about 10 minutes ago and many times prior to that. It sounds kind of funny, but it’s also kind of…
Parenting has many challenges. We are all thrust into it, basically without any training, and many people are just simply armed with poor examples from their own childhood. It’s basically a trial-by-fire situation that we find ourselves in. Beyond just the normal, carnal instincts that kick-in, there is very little instinct when it comes to…
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease…
Growing up, I was the youngest. My only brother is 7 years older than me, and I am the youngest of 5 cousins. Obviously, there are a lot of negative perceptions (is that the word I’m looking for?) surrounding the “youngest.” The youngest is usually viewed as the one who is most spoiled and gets…
Just to preface, these are only my opinions on things. You could apply that to everything I post here. I want to share a few of my observations on cars before I start talking about buying a house, just because it’s fresh on my mind. We are so dependent on cars in our society. They…