The size of our fight

The size of our fight

In a few densely packed, carefully chosen words, Jesus spoke a powerful and life-altering reality: his disciples (us, therefore) would be in the world but not of it, in the same way he was not of it (in John 17). Every generation of believers since that prayer was...
Pressed down, shaken together, brimming over

Pressed down, shaken together, brimming over

No matter one’s taste in music, the list of love songs is near endless. Sometimes a celebration of found love, sometimes expressing an ache to be loved, sometimes exposing the searing pain of heartbreak. And because God is love, each of these songs can be compared or...
Is this thing on?

Is this thing on?

“It’s not at all what I was expecting. It was so disappointing!” Has that, or something like it, ever been your lament? Have you ever heard someone wax eloquent and rapturous about an experience or a visit that built great excitement in you? So much so, that you...
Planes, trains, and chocolate waffle cones

Planes, trains, and chocolate waffle cones

For all the 21st Century ills that impact us, there are far more incredible developments which we enjoy every day. Just think for a moment of the breakthroughs of the 2,000 years preceding our arrival! We refer to them as such, but for the millions of...
War and Peace

War and Peace

The human body, by design, is a happily-running, perfectly-oiled, machine. It is not innate in its creation to bear the multi-faceted burden of sin and death. Those two things alone place terrible stress on each of a body’s functions. When serious conflict, be it...