Odds are, what we perceive as "intimacy" with God...isn't. We have a way of watering down our relationship with Him, reducing our interaction with the divine into something passive or self-serving. [Click title to read more.]
Category: faith and growth
Upcoming Six-Week Study: The Hunger Blessing
I'm starting a new six-week Bible study on April 3: The Hunger Blessing. I hope you'll join in! [Click title to read more.]
Finding The Significant In The Small
We should be about the big business of faith, and not about the little business of fretting over forgetfulness and fines and library books. But what if the big business of faith does involve the little things? [Click title to read more.]
Mind The Small Hurts
The answer isn't to compare pain or place it on a relative scale of suffering, but rather to address pain as pain, in context, regardless of the source. Yes, we absolutely must kick into gear the moment we hear a word like "cancer" or "death." But I hope we can also mobilize ourselves to respond with similar compassion to words like "frustration" and "fear" and "chest cold." [Click title to read more.]
Oranges and Others-Focused Thinking
When my mind is on myself, it literally prevents me from seeing outside myself: I lose my ability to think of the world in an empathetic way. I lose my ability to see the world the way others might, to understand their needs and their perspective. [Click title to read more.]
Perfect Outside, Rotten Inside
Appearances can be deceiving. And sometimes a shiny, polished exterior is enough to deceive us completely - especially when it comes to faith. [Click title to read more.]
Taking The Time To See People
We live in a society where, increasingly, we're told our main concern is ourselves. That we have no obligation to others and no duty to see them. That it's madness to take five minutes of your day that could go to so many other things - like family! or ministry! or work! - and spend it on casual interaction with a person that you've never met before and may never meet again.[Click title to read more.]
The Simplicity of Stars
The Christian life is really pretty simple. Simple like true darkness and stars. But as believers, I think sometimes we'd prefer it not to be. [Click title to read more.]
The Concept of “Christian Business”
What do we mean when we call a business or an enterprise "Christian"? The difference between definitions can be striking. [Click title to read more.]
My First Ash Wednesday
This season, as we look forward to Easter, my desire is this: to hunger for holiness year-long, and to make love the outward adornment that sets me apart. [Click to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 