Progress To A Transformed Christian Life
Have you noticed that in spite of countless listicles and click bait slide shows that give you "Five Tips To The Perfect You" or "This One Thing Will Change Your Life Forever and Its Jaw Dropping," we are more attracted to difficult achievements than cheap shortcuts that have no substance? How else can you... Continue Reading →
How do you know if your spiritual life is advancing, that you are growing up? Are there markers that signify maturity? Again, you can look at general maturity that we are all familiar with. A teenager lacks maturity because they think they have all the answers and that any one who tries to tell them... Continue Reading →
I wrote regularly in the first incarnation of this blog in 2011 and 2012. The primary reason that brought that writing routine to an end was my attempt to complete a marathon. Running took too much time during my day and I couldn't fit in a writing schedule as well. I sacrificed something that I... Continue Reading →
Diet and exercise has only two purposes. 1) Improve heart and overall health. 2) Lose weight. In the same way, reading the Bible has only two purposes. 1) Teach you about how God is with his people. 2) Guide you to a better way of living. If you are reading scripture to win arguments, defend... Continue Reading →
I have a problem. The things I experience and learn from God are not always shared with others. Sometimes I forget them, sometimes I never write them down, sometimes I end up thinking they are dumb and not worth sharing. To relieve this problem, I plan to blog regularly at this location. I want to... Continue Reading →
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I knew I had to read more from N.D. Wilson when I came across the following quote, “Shelter your children. Yes. Absolutely. But use a picnic shelter, not a lightless bomb bunker, and not virtual reality goggles looping bubblegum clouds.” As a father of three girls, I struggle daily in determining what is healthy exposure... Continue Reading →
Faith is gut level stuff full of twists and turns, stories of wonder, valleys of frustration, holy relationships, and awkward fits and starts. Sometimes the best way to express faith is to speak to these realities but few seem to be allowed to express what is going on in the deepest levels of ourselves. Somehow,... Continue Reading →
Kevin DeYoung begins his book, Crazy Busy: A “Mercifully) Short Book on a (Really) Big Problem, with the declaration that he is “not an expert” in living an unhurried life. As you read his book, you get the sense that he hasn’t really captured what he preaches, that he is in the process of figuring... Continue Reading →
One year into his (reign? tenure? service?), Pope Francis has easily become one of the most popular figures in the world of religion and outside of religion. The guy is everywhere - cover of magazines, on 60 Minutes, all over the web. Despite what you might hear from one of these articles or pieces on... Continue Reading →
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