We ask that question a lot, but we don't always mean those words. Sometimes what we're actually saying is: "Please find a way to agree with me on...
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Sabbath Thoughts
These posts are the heart and soul of the blog—food for though on God’s Sabbath day.
The key that makes utopia possible
Everyone can imagine utopia. It's easy to do. Just shut your eyes and picture a world where every difficulty and struggle you've ever faced has been...
The rhythm of holiness
One two three four five six rest.One two three four five six rest.One two three four five six rest. When God called Israel out of Egypt, they had...
What Do You See?
The easiest perspective to understand is your own. It’s also the hardest to notice. We don’t tend to think of it as a perspective. We tend to think...
Muttering Through the Law
Your attention is a time-limited resource. In the span of a minute, you can only ever pay attention to a minute’s worth of stimuli and information....
How the God of the Universe Handles Your Permanent Record
Let me set the scene for you. It's the late '90s. Now, if you're having trouble remembering what the late '90s were like, here's a list of cultural...
Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God
On July 8, 1741, in the small colonial town of Enfield, Connecticut, Jonathan Edwards preached the most famous sermon of his life—and maybe in all...
You Can Read These Words
Right now, you are reading these words. Have you ever thought about how absolutely wild that is? As you look at this mess of lines and curves and...
Of course we always needed a you
After seven years and four kids, I can say with confidence that it's impossible to predict how a child will transform your family structure. That's...
What Would You Do-ooo-ooo (for a Bowl of Stew)?
Esau was not about to die. I think we can say that with some degree of confidence. He was hungry, yes—maybe even famished—and exhausted after a long...
Incremental Changes
Facebook's homepage didn't always look like that. Once upon a time, 20-plus years ago, it was called TheFacebook—and it was only for Harvard...
The Future He Never Promised
This isn't promised, I think to myself as I wrap my arms around my wife, drifting off to sleep at the end of a long day. Not this moment. Not the...
And the word of the year is “slop”
I don't know where AI is heading. I don't know what it's going to be capable of in five years. I don't know what it's going to be capable of in five...
Pay No Attention to the Fallen Angel Behind the Curtain
The shadow of the Wizard looms over Dorothy's entire story. He's the one with the power to get her home. He's the one the whole city of Oz revolves...
Everything, All the Time
We were not made to be connected to everything all the time. We were not made to have unfettered, infinite access to every communal thought and...
Panem et Circenses
We are in the middle of a holy day season that points our attention toward why we're here, where we're going, and what we need to be doing on the...
Hymning the Hallel
"And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives" (Mark 14:26). That sentence used to feel a little inconsequential to me. The...
The Gospel in a Hurry
Mark's gospel account starts with an impressive momentum and doesn't let up. There's a sense of urgency and action that pervades the entire account....