Revamped “Read” Section!

Want a book review or an idea for what to read? Check the new revamped "Read" section on the blog! [Click title to read more.]

There Is An Endpoint To Your Suffering

Your suffering and your hurt won't go on and on without end. The pain has an end date. [Click title to read more.]

The Banner Year: Or, God’s Definition of Significance

I thought God's promise that this would be a banner year would translate to success and opportunity. It hasn't, at least not yet, and that may be even better - whether it's what I wanted or not. [Click title to read more.]

Samaritan’s Song Is Three Years Old!

Today I've been blogging here for three years. [Click title to read more.]

Your Habits Are Making You

I think it's easy to forget that acts of sin, or acts driven by the Holy Spirit, or just the benign ordinary things we do, are connected meaningfully to the people we become. [Click title to read more.]

The Miracle Of Ordinary

Concepts like "talking to God" and "worshiping the risen Savior" have grown to be as fundamental a part of my life as washing the dishes, and sometimes about as glamorous. But we shouldn't devalue the common miracles of our faith. [Click title to read more.]

Keep Some Grains of Salt Around

So please, save your leap of faith for Jesus, and give yourself permission to be skeptical about what you read or consume online about your faith. [Click title to read more.]

The God Who Permits Audacity

God lets us approach Him with an astonishing degree of audacity. [Click title to read more.]

When All You Hear Is Silence

There is a point in the life of every believer where everything is going wrong, on fire, or is absolutely confusing and shattering and - worst of all - you cannot sense God in any of it. [Click title to read more.]

Miracle-Blind

I think we see fewer miracles because we're miracle-blind. We've forgotten what a miracle is. It's not that they aren't there: we just diminish them. [Click title to read more.]