The New Year marks a lot of hope and restored commitment for many people. We set resolutions. We download diets. We get serious about going to the gym. For some of us, we think about heading back to church. If you're a regular attender, at the gym or at a church, it can be easy to sneer at those less…...
Read MoreIt's not a crisis, it's an opportunity. A friend shared those words with me when discussing what many experience as a mid-life crisis. "It's not a crisis, it's an opportunity," they said. Sometimes the difference between the two is that simple, isn't it? It's a change of attitude that changes a lot. It starts by changing us. What if going…...
Read MoreIn the midst of Job's suffering he lamented "anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty" (Job 6:14). If anyone knew the sting of abandonment from surprisingly-neglectful friends, Job did. You might know how that feels too. The poet Henry Wordsworth Longfellow's poem "The Arrow and the Song" captures the power and beauty of time-tested…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:30AM (EST). ⊕ A 3D God in a 2D World ⊕ The…...
Read MoreForgive me for raising a question which has likely never crossed your mind. My mind works a little differently, I suppose. I'm curious, if the angels sang "glory to God in the highest," I wonder what the devils might have blurted back in response. To me, it could have been a bit like an athletic competition where fans try to…...
Read More"Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world." —C.S. Lewis "What if God were one of us?" singer Joan Osborne asked. Her popular mid-nineties song continues the hypothetical with the lines, "Just a slob like one of us . . . just a stranger on the bus . . . Tryin'…...
Read MoreChristmas plays a powerful and pivotal role in making sense of Narnia, where under the Witch's curse it was "always winter and never Christmas." When the prophecy of the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve is fulfilled, through the entrance of the Pevensie children in the magical world, the curse begins to turn inside out. This reversal is marked…...
Read MoreHere's Your Worldview Reader with links to articles, essays, reviews, & videos I consider to be interesting or important from a biblical worldview. Join me on the first & third Friday every month as I discuss topics from the post with Carmen LaBerge on My Faith Radio around 7:30AM (EST). ⊕ A Personal Announcement ⊕ An Advent Reflection for Tear-Stained…...
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