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Is Self Love scriptural?

Be okay with not being at the finish line, but don’t stop running toward it. Don’t beat yourself up for not being perfect, but don’t accept the lie that you can’t or shouldn’t be better either.

You can’t love God without loving your neighbor

Something that sets Christianity apart, especially in the historical context where it emerged, is its insistence that our relationship with God is not just acted out by religious ritual, but that it’s actually acted out by how we live in relation to the people around us. The inadequacy of ritual sacrifice as a proof forContinue reading “You can’t love God without loving your neighbor”

Self-Control

Last week, I had the opportunity to work at a church camp for high schoolers. One of my close friends is the youth pastor of one of the youth groups that was present, and on the last night of camp he asked me to come to the cabin with his boys and hang out. ItContinue reading “Self-Control”

Am I Good Enough?

Have you ever looked at yourself and thought, “I should be better than this”? I have. And, to be honest, I’m often right. We know ourselves really well. We know where we fall short. We know when we are too busy to do the things that really matter, but then we look back at theContinue reading “Am I Good Enough?”

Goodness, Wisdom, and Love

Did you know that every color we see finds its source in the same place? Each individual color is a result of white light — the light we get from the sun, which contains the entire light spectrum — hitting an object and some specific wavelength of the light spectrum bouncing off. Every different colorContinue reading “Goodness, Wisdom, and Love”

Heaven On Earth

I usually try to have a really articulate thought put together before posting, but I’m honestly not quite there with this thought yet. However, it’s been something on my mind for a while and I just want to get it out there. Hopefully some of you track along with me. I first had a conversationContinue reading “Heaven On Earth”

help my unbelief

Last week I sat and had coffee with a person who told me she was grateful just to be able to be honest with me and not feel like she was being judged or damned for her thoughts and feelings. I had another conversation with a person who struggles with the idea that her questionsContinue reading “help my unbelief”

Make The Change

I enjoy playing sports. As an American boy, I think it was an unwritten rule to grow up playing basketball every time there was an opportunity. Summer breaks were full of trips to school playgrounds to pick up a game of thirty-three or half-court ball. If a friend got a hoop on their garage, evenContinue reading “Make The Change”