Sermon: For Unto Us a Child is Born – Isaiah 9:1-7
The birth announcement of Jesus was not a time of joyful anticipation… but anticipation in the midst of darkness, sin, and pain. 700 years before
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When God Writes Poetry
Propositions and poetry are vastly and beautifully different. Propositions state facts as they are and, often times, as we see them. Straight and resistant to
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11 Ways to Revive Your Wonder in the World
Daily life is a series of plodding mundanities. We constantly seek the “main drama” of life’s outer fringes, without realizing that we are blind to
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Why You’re Starved for Wonder and How to Regain It
I don’t usually share my journal with others, but this thought has been preying on my mind for weeks on end, so here begins the
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How to Recognize Cowardly Courage
Nothing can make a hobbit lose his respectability quite so fast, as a “nasty, disturbing, uncomfortable” adventure. Nothing can cause a hobbit, much less Mr.
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Why People are Obsessed with History
History has always had an indefinable tug on my mental heartstrings. There’s something breathtaking about saturating yourself deep within an isolation wrought by time, distance
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Why God Commands You to Plunder Pagan Art
Art is a dangerous thing. As Henry Van Til famously quipped: “Culture is religion externalized”. If that is true, then it could also be said
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The Dark Secrets of Mark Twain
A long, whitewashed fence. The scene unfolds before you: A group of boyish faces, spattered with paint and perspiration. They’re smiling, as they drag the
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Is This It? My Struggles in Living a Life of Purpose
All through the centuries, a question has haunted the thoughts of mankind: What is life? The ancient Romans believed life lay in victory. The Greeks
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Book Review: Spiritual Mothering by Susan Hunt
One of my biggest struggles in the growth of my faith is my desire to remain independent. I am a naturally quiet, reserved and private
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