We know who we ought to be and we know what the right answers are. But in reality, we often fall far short of our own spiritual self-assessments. [Click title to read more.]
Tag: faith and growth
Lessons From The Suffering And Persecuted Church
What can we learn from those living under persecution? That this is the best attitude: to hold lightly to everything but cling tightly to God. [Click title to read more.]
I’m Fine With What I Don’t Know
I can't logically prove every foundation of my faith true; if I could, I'd be able to invent it myself, and I'd have no need for God. God's love, God's providence, God's promises: I trust those things not because my intellect has determined for me that they are certain, but because I believe that what God has said is true. [Click title to read more.]
Empathy After The Fact
If we only ever feel empathy after encountering something personally or through someone near to us, we have a problem. [Click title to read more.]
More To Learn
We have a long, long way to go. And that's a great thing. [Click title to read more.]
Five Strategies To Stop “Learning Loss” In The Church
Rather than learn or study or interact with the word of God on our own, we're often depending on relationships to do it for us. While that's a fine practice, it's becoming a struggle for people to engage with God outside of a relational context, on an individual level. And that's a problem. [Click title to read more.]
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.]
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.]