Where We Find Significance

It was the first time I ever saw a man wearing a skirt. At least, I thought it was a skirt. Come to find out, it was actually a red plaid kilt, the kind worn

Does God Want Me to be Happy?

Do you ever wish you could have a ‘redo’ on something? I could list many such experiences, but one that has haunted me for the past 16 years is my very first sermon. Coming out

Women in the Warfare of Life

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him. (G.K. Chesterton) It’s easy to spot a war zone when bullets are flying and

Humble Soil and the Implanted Word

“Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls.” James 1:21 I have been studying through the book of James with my

Stop Chasing Your Dreams

I love listening to my children tell me about their futures. They have all kinds of dreams about all kinds of things. They each know, for example, what they’re going to be when they grow

Folding Towels and the Providence of God

I gave one of my daughters the task of folding towels today. It’s an easy task. It’s an almost daily task when you live in a home with 8 people. It’s a helpful task. You

The Struggling Christian Myth

Some Christians prefer to struggle. The thought was first suggested to me as I listened to Brian Koppelman’s “The Moment” podcast a few years ago. During his 7/7/15 conversation with author Seth Godin, Koppelman relates

The Bondage of Either/Or Spirituality

In the preface to C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, he describes “the mark of hell” as “the ruthless, sleepless, unsmiling concentration on the self.” Hell is the end of the road for the sin of