Year 2021

The broken edges of brokenness

We have these double insulated glass cups in our cabinet. Recently, I was getting one out, and it slipped, bounced once, and though I frantically tried to grab it before it hit the counter a second time, I failed to…

No love? No worth.

Whatever we may call it, love is not love if it's not accompanied by behavior that reflects self-emptying. Our culture wants love without limits and without truth. We're shown another way in Paul's 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians.

If you claim to be a Christian and live a powerless, spiritually boring life, there’s something wrong. It’s not Him. It’s you. Wake up.

“Grace and effort are not opposites. Grace and earning are opposites. Working for your salvation is a heresy. Working out your salvation is basic Bible. Grace and effort are allies.” ~ Mark Buchanan, Your God Is Too Safe??

“The church, however, is not the enemy of the Christian family, but its devoted ally and fullest destiny. Healthy families know how desperately they need the church, and they gladly build their lives around her, in order to serve, nurture,…

“For what is more certain than death? And what is so uncertain as life?” ~ Robert Purnell?

Dependence Day

It's counter intuitive for us to realize that we are most happy when we are most dependent. We are not independent, nor are we masters of our universe. We are dependent. It's a good thing.