We’ve been talking about Christian impostor syndrome for the last couple weeks, looking at three questions designed to help us grapple with those...
Am I Really Contributing Anything?
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Sabbath Thoughts
These posts are the heart and soul of the blog—food for though on God’s Sabbath day.
Am I Really Forgiven?
Last week, we started talking about Christian impostor syndrome. The amount of comments you all left on that post is a testament to how much this...
What Makes You Think You Belong Here?
“Why are you here?” That’s a question someone will traditionally ask every year at the Feast of Tabernacles. It’s a good question—an important...
The Comparable Helper
“It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him” (Genesis 2:18). There are a lot of ways to misunderstand that...
Permission to Fail
You are trying to follow in the footsteps of God in the flesh. You will not do that perfectly. In fact, you will fail. A lot. But I think one of the...
What Gets Measured Gets Done
Some numbers are really easy to track. You can keep track of how fast you run, how much money you make, how much you weigh, how many views your...
Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered
Over the past couple months, Peter’s verbal language skills have been exploding. For a while, he seemed content to do most of his communicating...
In the Beginning, God Created
In the Babylonian tablets called Enuma Elish, Marduk creates the earth when he rips apart the body of the sea goddess Tiamat, using the two halves...
Small and Great
“And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God” (Revelation 20:12). I don’t always stop to appreciate what an incredible thing it is to...
They All Saw It
Twelve spies saw the Promised Land. They all agreed that it was something special—a land filled with incredible blessings from God. They all agreed...
And No One Shall Make Them Afraid
When’s the last time you were afraid? I’m not talking about feeling nervous or uneasy or a little anxious. I’m talking about fear—genuine fear you...
The OTHER Verse About Vines and Fig Trees
The Feast of Tabernacles is so close I can taste it. I’m ready to be there. I’m ready to load up the van and get on the road. I’m ready to hear...
Our Daily Bread
Boy, it would be easier if all we had to do was pray for our weekly bread, wouldn’t it? Or monthly bread. Quarterly bread, even. But that’s not the...
Smooshing the Clay
You and I—we’re not perfect. We know that. That’s why we’re here, isn’t it? We follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ because we know we’re not...
The Wilderness Road
Sixteen years. It was today, sixteen years ago, that I formally told God I was serious about this—that I wanted to see this journey through to the...
Learning to Love God’s Law
“Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day” (Psalm 119:97). For a long time, I had trouble wrapping my head around that sentiment....
Better Than Stardust
Speaking of the formation of stars and solar systems, astronomer Carl Sagan once wrote, All of the rocky and metallic material we stand on, the iron...
Tedious Graffiti and Idle Scribbles
Before the city of Pompeii was entombed with ash for 1,500 years, it was covered with something else entirely: Graffiti. The eruption that destroyed...