Christmastime a year ago felt like an unusually dark time. Hurricane Sandy had swept the east coast a short time prior and many people had been devastated by it. There […]
Every year people lament the consumerism that defines the American Christmas experience. Many bemoan the fact that the season starts so early. While I agree that there can be quite […]
Even as the United States dangles on the precipice of unprecedented disaster, and economic collapse looms imminent, The Lord has taken me quietly from a long, wrenching season of troubled […]
They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the LORD (Psalm 112:6). You don’t want to look or listen to the news, but you’re […]
Do not say, ‘Why were the old days better than these?’ (Ecclesiastes 7:10). I flipped on the TV recently and caught a few minutes of a popular sitcom that ran in the […]
Perhaps it was with a Sunday school teacher. Maybe it was at a retreat. Perhaps a parent prompted it. Many of us remember precisely when we gave our hearts to […]
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for […]
“Human nature doesn’t change,” my 96 year-old grandfather said once when I asked him if people weren’t just a whole lot nicer when he was young. I realize now that […]
“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare” (Jeremiah […]
“The highest heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth He has given to the sons of men” (Psalm 115:16). In the wake of recent cultural chaos, I have been […]
There’s a lot of confusion these days about the role of the church and how it interacts with culture (when I speak here of “the church,” I am talking about […]