With the blessing of history and hindsight, we can see it. We, from our vantage point, always see the aftermath of the crucifixion illuminated by the glow of the resurrection. But the disciples didn't. What we understand as the transition from death to life they saw as a tangled mess of failure, despair, fear, and confusion. [Click title to read more.]
Tag: Christianity
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.]
Ministry to the Childfree And Those With Nontraditional Families
As I grow older, I become more and more aware that I'm part of an odd, niche demographic: the childfree family. And we (along with other non-traditional families) don't often seem like candidates for targeted ministry. But we need our churches desperately. [Click title to read more.]
Stepping Outside Your Demographic
Even if you do fit in perfectly with your age group, it's not challenging or enlightening to expose yourself to a set of worldviews that roughly match yours. [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.]
Be Mindful Of The Small Things
As wrapped up as we all are in the daily business of living, we miss the small signs in our behavior and in the behavior of others that might indicative something is amiss. [Click title to read more.]
It’s Important For Believers To Engage With The World
As our churches grow more insular and our lives become centered more and more within the church, we must not lose sight of the fact that the bulk of our work lies outside it. [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 Convenient Vagueness of Being A “Sinner”
It's easy to call yourself a sinner as a shorthand to mean "hey, I'm not perfect." But it's far harder to confess to the actual sin. To talk about who you are when you aren't Christlike. To admit what imperfection looks like when it crops up in your own life. [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.]
Samaritan's Song 