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.]

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.]

The Unflappable Christians

Our Biblically-mandated roles demand a certain level of unflappability. We've got business to be about, regardless of circumstance. [Click title to read more.]

Inter-generational Ministry And Fellowship Are Treasures

It's so easy and natural to segregate ourselves in modern churches. But inter-generational work and worship is important. [Click title to read more.]

Spiritual Reflection Needs To Be More Than “What Am I Doing Wrong?”

It's hard to figure out how your faith walk is going if you never look at it, and yet we're often tempted to treat that sort of introspection the same way we treat food that is healthy but that we don't really want to eat: we put it on the back shelf of the fridge until it molds, and we pretend it isn't there. [Click title to read more.]

How To Handle The Easter Aftermath

It's true that people need a rest after the emotional intensity of Easter. But it's also true that "rest" shouldn't mean "take a vacation from God until fall." [Click title to read more.]

Be Wary Of Churning Out Marthas Rather Than Marys

Missing from all of our Christian "doing" is the deliberate cultivation of a reflective interior life that allows for individual growth and a changing, evolving, rich relationship with God. [Click title to read more.]

We Cannot Fake Or Force Being The “Pleasing Aroma” of Christ

A godly aroma is a natural by-product of a godly environment. It can't be faked, and it can't be forced. It is something that is created with us, not something that we can imitate [Click title to read more.]