Permission to Fail

Permission to Fail

You are trying to follow in the footsteps of God in the flesh. You will not do that perfectly. In fact, you will fail. A lot. But I think one of the most important elements of Christianity is how we approach that inevitable failure. I think most of us have a natural...
What Gets Measured Gets Done

What Gets Measured Gets Done

Some numbers are really easy to track. You can keep track of how fast you run, how much money you make, how much you weigh, how many views your website gets. And if you keep a running log of those numbers, you can start to measure how fast they’re changing. You can...
Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered

Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered

Over the past couple months, Peter’s verbal language skills have been exploding. For a while, he seemed content to do most of his communicating through a library of (creatively used) grunts and sound effects—but now, almost out of nowhere, he’s stringing together...
In the Beginning, God Created

In the Beginning, God Created

In the Babylonian tablets called Enuma Elish, Marduk creates the earth when he rips apart the body of the sea goddess Tiamat, using the two halves to create the sky and the world. In Norse mythology, Odin and his brothers slay the proto-giant Ymir, using elements from...
Small and Great

Small and Great

“And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God” (Revelation 20:12). I don’t always stop to appreciate what an incredible thing it is to know that moment is coming. The dead, small and great—no distinction between status and privilege and...