On Sunday during church, I read Isaiah 64:6. I’ve read it dozens of times before. I know I memorized it in Awana, back in the day. But on Sunday, it stuck out to me. The pastor read Isaiah 64 as the Advent text. But while the sermon focused on other things, I kept coming...
Category: Spiritual Life
Contempt
I was sitting with my family in the studio waiting for our portrait sitting. Everything was running late and I had to be somewhere in barely an hour. The room was filled with people, and I silently blamed all of them as I watched the clock hands creep toward my deadline. I tried to...
Day 17: Why Looking Back is Valuable
I wrote this post last year on this date. I’m reposting it today (with some edits) because I found it valuable. Maybe you will, too. So I have these two verses on my mind today. Jeremiah 9:23-24 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast...
Pro Life
Okay, I’ve seen the articles. I get it. Christians haven’t done a great job of helping real people bear the burdens of real life. Life that includes a lack of food. Not enough money to pay both the heat and the water bills. Medical needs that there is no money to cover. Clothes that aren’t warm...
Justice and Righteousness
So I have these two verses on my mind today. Jeremiah 9:23-24 This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know...