A Letter in a Shoebox

A Letter in a Shoebox

In a decorative shoebox, sitting on the fourth shelf of the bookcase in our living room, is a letter I spent the past year and a half avoiding. I knew who wrote it. I knew why they wrote it. I knew what it was about and I knew, deep in my heart, that reading it would...
Standing at the Threshold

Standing at the Threshold

“Are you ready?” That’s the question I keep getting. It makes me laugh. Am I ready? Am I ready for my life to change in ways I’ve never experienced before? Am I ready to begin a stage of my life I can only comprehend in a fuzzy, theoretical...
When God Is Silent

When God Is Silent

Between the last page of the Old Testament and the first page of the New sits about 400 years of silence. Four. Hundred. Years. Four hundred years without a recorded prophet. Four hundred years without a message or a story or any kind of preserved word from God. For...
When We Were Human

When We Were Human

A hundred years from now, where will you be? Dead, I suspect. Unless Jesus Christ returns between now and then, you will “go the way of all the earth” (1 Kings 2:2)—you will die, and your consciousness will end, and that will be that. But what about a...
Anchors Aweigh

Anchors Aweigh

Life is an ocean. It’s vast, intimidating, and filled with things we don’t fully understand. Storms can come out of nowhere and wreak havoc on our tiny little boats, subtle currents can pull us this way and that, and unforgiving waves can leave us...