Tithing doesn't make any sense—at least, not on paper. The very idea of giving up ten percent of your yearly income (especially after the government...
Tithing Your Time
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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 Road Home
We make a lot of stupid decisions for a lot of different reasons. Some we make out of haste. Others are born of jealousy and greed. Sometimes we're...
Free*
There are few things in this life that raise my suspicions as high as something marked "Free." It's a word you'll find all over the place. Phone...
Longing for Leeks
What are your thoughts on bread? I'm curious, because we've spent most of this week avoiding leaven—and before that, we invested a great deal of...
Smoking Flax and Bruised Reeds
Passover. By the time this post goes live, we'll be just two nights away. Two nights away from the start of it all—from the lynchpin on which hangs...
Lessons from Cleaning a Trumpet
Happy Sabbath, everyone! Today's post is Sabbath Thought's very first guest blog, brought to us by a friend of mine, Devon McCaulley. I hope you'll...
The End Is Near…ish?
The world is going nuts right now. Just pick a spot on the map; chances are good that something legitimately frightening is going on there at this...
Before the Throne
Searching Google from my smartphone was like having a superpower. It didn't matter what the question was; I could find my answer in a matter of...
Now You See It
How's your perception? More to the point, how much gets past you? The human mind is capable of processing a tremendous amount of sensory...
When I Grow Up
When I was younger, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. Batman. I was going to be Batman. I already had the costume, courtesy of my...
Broken Bones
David once implored God, "Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice" (Psalm 51:8). The idea of God breaking our...
What’s Your Treasure?
I look back fondly on my time as a pirate. It was a long time ago when I took up the life of a fearsome buccaneer. I was seven years old, I think,...
Whiter Than Snow
I wonder how long David hated himself for what he did to Uriah. I wonder how long it took for him to be able to look at Bathsheba without thinking...
Bold as Lions
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion. (Proverbs 28:1) The trumpets sounded. The harps and flutes and voices...
Wings Like Eagles
There's a melancholy feeling I get whenever I look at an abandoned house. To some people, it's just an eyesore. I see the former home of a million...
The Only Thing We Have to Fear
The year was 1933. In the United States of America, the Great Depression had reached its peak. What remained of the fragile economy was fading...
A Loud World and a Quiet Voice
The world is so loud. Everything screams for my attention at a pitch calculated to drown out any competitors. Flashy graphics, vivid colors, and...
No Brown M&Ms
The world of rock and roll confuses me. Let's just go ahead and get that out of the way right now. The more I read about it, the less I feel like I...