by Jeremy | Mar 19, 2021 | Sabbath Thoughts
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking that the things we have are worth what we paid for them. They’re not. They’re worth what they can do for us. I love how Seth Godin puts it: When making a choice between two options, only consider...
by Jeremy | Feb 12, 2021 | Sabbath Thoughts
Two weeks ago, I woke up angry with God. I wasn’t proud of it. I didn’t want to be angry. But I was. I propped myself up on an elbow and looked around the room, trying to clear the fog in my mind and reorient myself. I was lying on a couch. My wife was,...
by Jeremy | Jan 1, 2021 | Sabbath Thoughts
I saw that phrase on the December 2020 cover of Christianity Today. A giant, cosmic hand reaches out toward a world wrapped in darkness, drifting alone in the starry expanse. The phrase floats along the curvature of our little planet, printed in letters so tiny you...
by Jeremy | Dec 25, 2020 | Sabbath Thoughts
This is the last Sabbath Thought I’ll post in 2020. Do you know what that means? …Very little, actually. It’s easy to make a big deal about that transition from one calendar year to the next. It feels like such a weighty moment—a new year, another 365 days...
by Jeremy | Dec 18, 2020 | Sabbath Thoughts
I love words. That’s a good thing for a writer to be able to say, but what I mean is, I love what you can do with words. Here’s an example. If I told you, “Hank gave me five dollars,” what information would that give you? Well, you’d know...
