If you grew up in church or have spent any length of time there, you’ve heard about reading your Bible. A lot. “It’s important,” they say. “Everyone needs to do it,” they say. And they’re right. It is important. It’s absolutely vital for faith and spiritual growth. It’s a pretty big deal. So it’s...
Category: Spiritual Life
Daily Bible Study
I think one of the most important things we can do is daily Bible study. Not everyone will agree with me, of course. And that’s fine. But I think, even if you don’t have much of a faith or religion, there are a lot of benefits to reading the Bible every day. And if...
Reasons Why
So much of life is just plain easier to handle when we know the reasons why. When I was teaching composition and grammar, I spent a lot of time trying to give context to the seemingly endless rules of English. Most of my students were much more comfortable in their science or engineering classes....
Anxiety
I think we all have that one thing that haunts us – a habit, a sin, a something that seems to undo us just by showing up in our day. Mine is anxiety. I’ve struggled with anxiety for years. Decades, even. For most of my life, it’s hovered in the shadows until, without warning,...
Complaining
This is a Modern Flannelgraph post. The book of Numbers is a great place to learn about complaining. Sure, Numbers probably isn’t really top of your list for daily Bible reading. I get that. It’s in the Old Testament (and all the good stuff’s in the New Testament, right?). It’s in the Pentateuch. (That’s the...