Listen

Listen

We have so many tools designed to amplify our voices. We can shout louder, be heard by more people than ever before. Your status update, your tweet can be seen and shared by hundreds of people. You’re reading a blog right now that I’ve promoted through...
Do You Miss the Matrix?

Do You Miss the Matrix?

Your world is a lie. In the year 2199, the human race lost its bitter, drawn-out war against the machines, but not before delivering one grievous parting shot. They scorched the skies and blotted out the sun, the machines’ primary power source. Enraged, the...
Waiting for the Morning

Waiting for the Morning

“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:5) Not this morning, though. And for the families of the five officers who were shot and killed last night, not for many, many mornings to come. It’s coming apart at the seams,...
The Culture of Disposability

The Culture of Disposability

I know a couple who owns a piece of furniture from the Civil War. The Civil War. It was a huge milestone in the Lallier household when our Walmart-brand cabinet survived an entire year of use without disintegrating into a heap of pressboard and plastic hardware. I...
Taking It for Granted

Taking It for Granted

The rubble was silent now. Earlier in the day it had been a temple, the scene of a raucous party where the lords of a wicked nation had gathered to gloat over the defeat of their enemy and offer a sacrifice to their god. Now those same lords were dead, crushed in an...