God created us for love and community, for work and play, for sex, for food, for rest. And His purpose is to fill each and every moment we spend here.
Category Archives: From my reading
Evil: Our role in causing and fixing it
Evil: Who is to blame? Our world is full of evil. Even if you don’t really use words like “good” and “evil,” you can agree that our world is full of less-than-ideal circumstances and situations, often created intentionally or through negligence by the people who inhabit it. Rape. Murder. Greed. Malevolence of all kinds. TheContinue reading “Evil: Our role in causing and fixing it”
Glory – Kavod – Weighty
For the last several months I’ve met with a group of guys on Friday mornings at 7am to read through and discuss books together. We pick a book, read a few chapters throughout the week, then when we meet up on Fridays we just hang out and talk about what stands out, what rubs usContinue reading “Glory – Kavod – Weighty”
Book Review – The Prodigal Prophet
In The Prodigal Prophet, Timothy Keller brings the story of Jonah forward and points out a number of insights that really are remarkable. The breakdown of the book of Jonah given in the introduction, alongside a concise parallel of the book of Jonah with the story of the prodigal son, left me wondering how in theContinue reading “Book Review – The Prodigal Prophet”
Into The Deep
For all this genuine desire to see God move, I seem to be quite adept at settling into the least challenging routine I can find.
Love: of self and of others
Would you do for yourself what you have just done for your brother? Would you so eagerly and enthusiastically forgive yourself, accept yourself, and love yourself?
Beautiful
Something in you is crying out for more. Listen to it.
Open Heart Surgery
… most of us have some kind of nagging pain that we would love to get rid of. And try as we may…we just can’t seem to break free.
Labor and Communion
We forget that the labor is the curse. It is the communion that brings life.
… and not to yield
It is the cracks that kill us. Our tiny idea turns into a grand dream, and then slowly turns back into a tiny idea again…
The Endeavor 