You can’t win a 5K if you run in the wrong town. You won’t get where you want to go if your map is for the wrong state. And, no matter what Joey Tribbiani says, trifles do not taste good if the ingredients you use aren’t right. The starting point matters.
A Prayer for those Treading Water
Do you have a regular prayer that you repeat over and over? Margaret Feinberg shared in her book Wonderstruck about a time she become so weary in spirit that all she could pray was: God is good.God is on the throne.Breathe in.Breathe out. These were the words she whispered while making snow angels in the…
Are you free? Are you living like it?
Sometimes what we know in our heads doesn’t reach our hearts or our feet. How can we take steps toward truly walking in the freedom Christ came to give us?
Elusive Jewels
We may think our stories boring, simple, or provincial, but gems hide below the surface. My job as an editor is to help people find those gems and polish them.
If I had a tattoo…
People love to cite the first part of Proverbs 31:25: “She is clothed with strength and dignity…” But the last half of that verse is my favorite. In fact, if I ever get a tattoo, it will either be a black-eyed susan around the birthmark on my back OR it will be the second half…
Is this ADD or Spiritual attack?
I have ADD. When people hear reference to ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), they think of the dogs in the Pixar movie UP! or maybe Dory from Pixar’s Finding Nemo. (I promise not to mention Disney movies in every sentence.) Being easily distracted and forgetful may be part of it, but there’s a lot more to it than most people…
Can we talk about idolatry?
Any kid who has grown up around Bible stories knows what idolatry is. It’s bowing down to golden statues and carved images and worshipping any deity other than God Almighty. We learned this when Sunday School teachers told us about Moses and The Ten Commandments; about Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar; and then when missionaries shared slideshows…
We need to get this right.
We can disagree with the actions and call them “fringe”, but if they’re playing our music, waving our flags, wearing our symbols, and speaking in the name of our Lord, we need to do something about it.
Could there be a silver lining here?
When our son was five years old, he fell and shattered his femur into three pieces. ‘Shattered’ may sound a little dramatic, but when you watch your little guy suffer, when every nurse or doctor interrogates you over what happened, when someone in the ER finally confesses that typically injuries like this are caused by…
Can Star Wars be a Christmas movie?
Before we go any further, let me clarify. I know Star Wars is a franchise and not a single movie. It’s a fandom, a subculture, some might even say a lifestyle. I have a dog named Vader and a son who could likely write dissertations on any number of subjects from the galaxy, but I…
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