I realized recently that my discomfort with my own spiritual progress is a promising sign. And so is yours. [Click title to read more.]
Category: Christianity
Thank God For The Closed Doors
Our response to closed doors in our lives gives a lot away about what we prioritize. It's time to change the way we think about them. [Click title to read more.]
Short-Sightedness Can Ruin You
What strikes me the most reading the stories of the Bible's vow-breakers is that our arrogance often goes much deeper than we think: we really do believe we know ourselves better than God does. [Click title to read more.]
Shibboleths and Gatekeepers
The only word necessary to cross the great ford that separates us from God is the name of Christ, and anyone can say it. May God spare us from becoming self-anointed gatekeepers over minor and insignificant issues. [Click title to read more.]
The Mystery of Mysteries
One look at the nightmarish scrawl that humanity has left on its history will leave you stunned by the fact that God could love any of us at all. [Click title to read more.]
Book Review: What’s So Amazing About Grace? By Philip Yancey
A review of Philip Yancey's (old!) book What's So Amazing About Grace? [Click title to read more.]
Don’t Self-Censor Your Prayers
Somehow, over the years, I started self-censoring my prayers. If you're in a prayer rut, you might be doing the same thing. [Click title to read more.]
Be Ready For The Change That Will Alter Your Landscape
God is the constant in the topography of our shifting world. When the landmarks disappear, when what we know has been rendered foreign to us, He will remain the same. [Click title to read more.]
Let’s Stop Pretending Choices Only Matter For Adolescents
Among Christians, there's a sense that we've "made it" if we head into our adult years with our faith and our lives mostly in one piece. Except that isn't really the case. [Click title to read more.]
Christianity Is Not A Wellness Practice
Any time we use God as a means to our own end, any time we make God a "tool" that serves the same purpose as a crystal or a supplement or a coloring book - we've lost the plot. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 