We have a long, long way to go. And that's a great thing. [Click title to read more.]
Tag: Christian growth
The Complex Nature of Gratitude
Gratitude, as I see it, is about accepting whatever we are given - good, bad, and ugly - with the joy that comes of understanding of God's true nature. [Click title to read more.]
Maintenance Prevents Decay
A few shared experiences and some good feelings aren't enough to keep a friendship, or any kind of relationship, going through neglect and disinterest. [Click title to read more.]
A Few Good Posts
I'm taking a break from blogging for ten days. So have ten good posts, instead. [Click title to read more.]
Approaching Revelation With A Different Perspective
I've always had a vexed relationship with Revelation, and I think most of the church does. Over the centuries believers have treated this book of the Bible as a decoder ring for current events, but in reality, it is worth a lot more than that and we should approach it as more than that. [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.]
What You Need When You Need It
In the Christian walk, we usually don't have what we need...until exactly when we need it. [Click title to read more.]
Avoiding “Summer Death”
My church is dead, and summer killed it. But don't let summer kill your spiritual walk, too. [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.]
The Complexity of the Psalms
We miss the fullness and the complexity of the Psalms when we insist on cherry-picking certain cheery verses from them. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 