Written on Your Doorposts

Written on Your Doorposts

“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your...
The Secret Is Showing Up

The Secret Is Showing Up

People talk a lot about “being your best self” and “doing your best work.” Those are, in a lot of ways, ideas I can get behind. Solomon said, “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or...
The Overview Effect

The Overview Effect

I watched a video of a dad sobbing as he said goodbye to his young daughter and wife as they boarded a bus. They were leaving; he was staying behind. Most people are saying the man is a Ukranian father sending his family to Hungary so he can stay behind and fight the...
Growing Up Is Hard Work

Growing Up Is Hard Work

Growing up is hard work. I mean that in the metaphorical sense, but also in the very real, very literal sense. You began your existence as a single cell, which multiplied at an incredible rate until it became trillions—each of them designed by God to go exactly where...
The Time That Matters

The Time That Matters

Israel spent 40 years in the wilderness on the way to the Promised Land, and it turns out that that Bible gives short shrift to most of those years. It’s not immediately obvious until you pay close attention to the timestamps scattered throughout the Pentateuch,...