Belonging to One

Belonging to One

In many parts of the world today, life is threatening enough to prompt people to create gods for protection and help. Myth surrounds these gods, and they develop unique characteristics, each demanding a form of submission and some type of worship, including...
Have we grown older than He?

Have we grown older than He?

Little children live in a world of wide-eyed wonder, filled with the discovery of colors and textures and sounds and tastes. They are carefree, with just two momentary troubles: their tummies and their diapers, the first, when it’s empty and the second when it’s full....
The sacred long view

The sacred long view

We do it for the long term. Things like education (internship, college, university), healthcare (going to the dentist, for example), saving money/paying our tithe, eating well, exercising, etc., etc. Each of these is not necessarily pleasant in the moment, but each...
Kingdom workings

Kingdom workings

Sometimes I daydream that, in 2000 years of church history, we should have perfected this thing of being Christians, should have all the essentials buttoned up, no major issues left, all of us living in near perfect unity, the Gospel penetrating the very last areas of...