Sabbath Thoughts
Growth is never as simple as it sounds. Ideally, it would look something like this: You put in the effort; you improve yourself. Over time, continuous effort would produce a constant self-improvement. As people—as followers of God—we’d just keep getting better and better. The line would keep going up. But …
Over the last year or so, I’ve come across a handful of modern motivational phrases that have coalesced in my mind into …
(This post is part of a series—you can find parts one, two, and three here.) After the Israelites refused to go up …
(This post is part of a series—you can find parts one and two here.) Balaam’s story unfolds while Israel is making its …
(This post is part of a series—you can find part one here.) Cain’s story isn’t an obscure one (Genesis 4:1-15). You’re probably …
Everybody thinks they know how to fix it. Just get enough of their guys making the decisions, enough of their rules being …
I want to take a look at a single verse in the book of Jude. But first, we need to set the …
Last Friday was our tenth anniversary. Ten. Years. Three thousand six hundred fifty-two days since we said, “I do.” A lot has …
We forget that, sometimes. It’s easy to think of growth as visible, obvious, easy to point to and say, “There it is.” …
Before we say goodnight to Prim, Mary and I take turns every evening to sit beside her and have “chat time.” For …
