Category: scripture
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› Read more: Gladness Isn’t Glibness: A Preemptive Perspective for the Hurting during the Holidays
Gladness Isn’t Glibness: A Preemptive Perspective for the Hurting during the Holidays
The holiday season is upon us. This means scrumptious food, seasonal decorations, and a whole smattering of unspoken, though deeply…
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› Read more: When We Confuse Lamps and Light
When We Confuse Lamps and Light
Even the most brilliant and brightly burning lamps go dim. When we confuse lamps and light, we place ourselves (not…
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› Read more: Suffering Sharpens Sight
Suffering Sharpens Sight
Suffering and grief make our brains feel fuzzy and forgetful. They make us fatigued and sleepy, body, mind, and soul.…
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› Read more: On Authenticity
On Authenticity
Authentic is a buzzword these days. Authentic cultural cuisine, authentic, hand-made goods, authentic connection, authentic ingredients in baby food and…
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› Read more: Be a Bellwether
Be a Bellwether
“Be a bellwether!” You don’t see that on motivational posters hanging in classrooms. You don’t hear it in pep rallies…
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› Read more: The Need for Frontiers
The Need for Frontiers
Since moving out West, I have found myself fascinated by literature about the frontier. What made people leave the comforts…
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› Read more: Sons are Slippery
Sons are Slippery
I cry during commercials and movies, but I weep at weddings. I can usually hold it together when the bride…
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› Read more: A Word for Weary Warriors
A Word for Weary Warriors
Even warriors grow weary. Exhausted healthcare workers, fighting to not only serve but also truly see their patients, long to…
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› Read more: Competing Justices
Competing Justices
In the name of seeking justice, injustice is birthed from competing justices. These are no mere philosophical musings, as this…
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› Read more: The Lord is Our Lodestar
The Lord is Our Lodestar
Supposedly people are leaving California by droves. I saw a Babylon Bee this week to the effect of awarding Governor…
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