Shhhh. (Sometimes The Best Thing You Can Is To Keep Quiet)
Solicitous silence is a practice we could stand to engage in more often. [Click title to read more.]
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Category Archives: faith and growth
How I Find Good Christian Books
A good book is hard to find, sometimes. Here’s how I look for one that’s just right. [Click title to read more.]
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.]
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.]
Make It Your Aim To Amaze Christ
I love the idea that Jesus was amazed. That it was possible to amaze Jesus. And that it undoubtedly still is. [Click title to read more.]
Obedience As Intimacy
Obedience is a form of engagement with God: an act of explicit intimacy and great love. [Click title to read more.]
Sometimes God’s Grace Weighs Heavy On Me
It’s true that Christianity is simple, in the sense that it’s easy enough to grasp and apply. But oh, sometimes it is hard: not to apply the good news to ourselves, but to live in the light of grace as it impacts others. [Click title to read more.]
