For some, this holiday season will be the first without their husband, wife, sister, child, grandparent, beloved aunt, fun uncle, sibling-like cousin, life-long friend. The aching void left by death and separation throbs like nothing else during the holidays. I think it is supposed to feel that way. … More Good(?) Grief
Look around you; people everywhere are trying to celebrate. People are going out of their way to be cheerful, as though they can will it into existence. This is why I have such a problem with grumps who think the season begins with Black Friday. Everyday should be Christmas season. I know that may sound a little ridiculous but the spirit of Christmas centers on the gospel. … More The Gospely Goodness of Christmas
Like the “Preacher” of Ecclesiastes, I sense the temporal nature, the vapor-like essence of life. When I look in the mirror, I see what age has done to me, is doing to me. My reflections provides a constant reminder that my days are numbered here on this earth. … More A Hoary Headed Reminder
I was considering the dispositions of people the other day, thinking through the implications of optimism, melancholy, dependence, insecurity, confidence, happiness, and the like, and a question sprung to mind: What does it look like to embrace our dispositions? … More Gravity
James 2 is a descriptive passage, not a prescriptive one, which highlights hypocrisy amongst the highfalutin, but I cannot help but weep at the state of much of American Christendom. … More A Faith Alive
Why is “keeping up with the Joneses” a thing, when we all know that keeping up with the Joneses is a thing and that it shouldn’t be a thing? … More When Reality and Expectation Collide
As much as we mourn the life we don’t have, can’t have, our God weeps over the loss as well. … More Understanding Lament
“Christianity is all about change. At the very root of the Gospel is a change from our being spiritually born dead to being born again by the Holy Spirit.” … More The Scariest Word in the English Language
