Recreational Youth Baseball: What it is, What it isn’t, and How to Enjoy it "Recreational baseball is not about “program building.” It’s about building young boys and young men — building integrity, character, and a

In Love with the Life You Don’t Have "How many of us can truly say with C.S. Lewis’s character in Shadowlands, “You know, I don’t want to be somewhere else anymore. I’m not waiting for anything

Preaching is Different on a Screen "But I do think there is something necessarily different about listening to sermon in person and watching it on a screen. That isn’t to say it is wrong to

A Homiletic of Help: How Love Writes a Sermon "If you rush into the what of preaching without reminding yourself of the why, my guess is that your sermon will show it and your people will know it.

The Power of the Ordinary Moments "Few realized the Christ would come, not in pomp or power, but in humility, frailty, and infancy. Even fewer realized the Christ would conquer, not by army, sword, or

Pew Warming Prohibited: Serve the Saints "Some Christians act like they are going to the movies. As if to say, “I’ve paid my entrance fee in the offering box, now I want to sit back

In the Darkest Night: Draw Near, Hold Fast, Consider Others In dark times we struggle to look outward, and focus inward on self. In this post, Christina Fox reminds us that the remedy in the

C.S. Lewis on How Sin Makes Us Stupid In this post, Casey McCall notes, "Theologians have long reflected on the “noetic effects of sin,” or the way that sin negatively impacts the mind and understanding.

Reign with Christ, Hold the Suffering "There is no reigning with Christ without suffering marking the life of a believer. It is not possible to order off the Christians menu, requesting to 'hold the suffering'."

The Not-So-Insignificant Danger of Ingratitude — The Bee Hive "There is a deadly gas that contaminates the air we breathe. The toxic gas appears unthreatening because everyone appears to breathe it in and breathe it