You should be able to always look up and see Christ on the horizon. And, like a sword, He cuts through to the heart of every matter, revealing what is relevant and what is not. [Click title to read more.]
Category: Christian growth
Crash Landings and All The Right Answers
We know who we ought to be and we know what the right answers are. But in reality, we often fall far short of our own spiritual self-assessments. [Click title to read more.]
A Theme Word For The New Year
Sometimes we need a guide to get us moving toward our spiritual goals. [Click title to read more.]
Re-Establishing The Habit Of Spiritual Intimacy With God In Times Of Leisure
When the holidays arrive, our spiritual walk slows to a crawl. Here's how to avoid it. [Click title to read more.]
How To Be Authentically “No-Drama” Believers
Church drama is more often than not a hydra-headed monster. It might initially be caused by a particular incident or person, but over time it becomes a labyrinthine mess of believers behaving badly, all contributing to the problem without ever owning part of it. [Click title to read more.]
Don’t Dismiss That Dream
There are a few things that individual believers can do to enable "God dreams," either theirs or the dreams of others, and in this the season of giving I wanted to share them with you. [Click title to read more.]
For A Change, May I Suggest Also Giving To The “Flagrantly Undeserving” This Year?
In our desire to help "the least of these," we do ourselves a disservice if we only define "the least of these" as those we find most personally endearing or worthy. [Click title to read more.]
I’m Thankful For Subtle Growth
Sometimes growth is so subtle you don't realize it's happening. [Click title to read more.]
I’m Fine With What I Don’t Know
I can't logically prove every foundation of my faith true; if I could, I'd be able to invent it myself, and I'd have no need for God. God's love, God's providence, God's promises: I trust those things not because my intellect has determined for me that they are certain, but because I believe that what God has said is true. [Click title to read more.]
How We Define Kindness
Christian kindness isn't just "being nice." Anybody can be nice. [Click title to read more.]