There are three big reasons I go to the Winter Family Weekend: the seminars, the fellowship, and the Fun Fair. I go for the seminars because they...
Boulderdash (or, “Lessons I Learned From the Giant Foam Rocks Hurtling Toward My Face”)
read more
Sabbath Thoughts
These posts are the heart and soul of the blog—food for though on God’s Sabbath day.
Prefacing the Ten: “Sh’ma Yis’ra’eil”
The curious thing about the Ten Commandments is that they don't begin with a commandment. They begin with these words: "I am the Lord your God, who...
A Good Second Impression
I make a terrible first impression. Not on purpose, mind you. I always give it my best shot, but the deck just isn't stacked in my favor. I'm an...
The Ten Commandments: God’s Guide to Relationships
The Ten Commandments. It's hard to even write those words without thinking of Cecil B. DeMille's re-imagining of the timeless Biblical account. Even...
Yesterday, Today, and Forever
Congratulations on the purchase of your brand new electronic device! Because we've crammed it full of all the latest technologies and software,...
Why I Don’t Vote
Ah…the leaves are changing, the temperatures are dropping, and the year is divisible by two. It can all only mean one thing: we're nearing the end...
The Violent Take It
Did anyone else have a hard time leaving the Feast this year? Because I sure did. Maybe it was the way the ocean greeted us every morning as we...
The Day We Win
For roughly six thousand years, the human race has been embroiled in a bitter war with a ruthless enemy. It's a treacherous war, because most people...
Be Ye Transformed
Blood is awesome. I'm a really big fan of how it circulates oxygen through my body and keeps me from being dead. That's fantastic. But you know...
The Illusion of Gray
The remarkable thing about the human race is our ability to botch things up even when the odds are undeniably in our favor. Our story began in the...
Calloused
There were a lot of things I expected to struggle with when I started learning guitar. I knew learning the chord positions would be tough. I knew...
A World of Panes
Hummingbirds are fascinating creatures. Their insanely high metabolisms require them to consume their own weight in nectar every day—meaning at any...
Hidden Imperfections
It's not easy being perfect. At least, that's what I hear. I wouldn't know. Perfection is a goal of mine, but I'm having a ridiculously hard time...
How to Limit God in 3 Easy Steps
Are you tired of the continual presence of God in your life? Does the divine intervention of a loving, all-knowing Creator just get under your skin?...
Two Loads of Earth
Have you heard the story of Naaman the leper? He served as commander of the Syrian army in the time of the kings of Israel, and was prompted by one...
For the Love of Money
If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone call money the root of all evil, I'd...well, I guess I'd have enough to prove whether or not money...
Please Stay on the Line
"Your call is important to us. Please stay on the line and a customer service representative will be with you momentarily." If there's a more...
Thinking Ahead
What do you see when you look at this giant swath of letters and numbers? 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Bb4 6. cd5 ed5 7. Qb3 c5 8....