The Winter of Our New Year Discontent?
The Times Square ball dropped on schedule. Calendar pages flipped. Yet the pandemic lingers. And we begrudgingly rang it in with the “new” on the last day of the year. Its mushroom cloud continues its ever-widening reach over the globe, refusing to dissipate. And so, the new season of limited sunlight settles in. The Winter of Our New Year Discontent? It’s here too. But I’m honing in on five fires worth stoking in 2021. The Flames of Faith The most challenging feat of 2020 involves choosing faith over fear. As Christians it’s imperative that we live a life that reflects a profound trust in our Almighty God. If we say…
The Real Joy of Man’s Desiring
Peace In, Not Out
We can find peace through even the worst circumstances in God.
Five Vault-Worthy Treasures to Secure From 2020
I’m clinging mightily right now to the old adage “out with the old, in with the new” in these final December days. I may stay up after midnight not merely to greet the new year but to kick out the old one for good. But this year hasn’t solely amounted to a disagreeable lump of coal. I’m now making a different list and checking it twice. Here’s my gift of insight to you: Five Vault-Worthy Treasures to Secure from 2020 Increased Patience and Flexibility To be sure, we live in an instantaneous culture. Instant answers, espresso in express time, and prepared food in minutes readily reflect this predisposition. But during…
Let Freedom Ring
Glorifying God in the Fires
An Advent of Yearning: Reconciling Loss With Gain
Honestly, is it really beginning to look a lot like Christmas? Methinks not, as Charles Dickens might have said. These days, the calendar and the commercials remind us. And we may be getting our decorations up. And for those of us who prepare our hearts for the Christ Child’s arrival, we can look for cues in carols and readings. Yet our hearts long for so much more. Because we are, in this, an advent of yearning, reconciling loss with gain. Preparing Our Hearts Means Inventorying Losses and Gains This reckoning is twofold. Advent is indeed a season of anticipation. It consists of the four Sundays preceding Christmas. Generally defined, it…
God’s Investment Banking
Our Heart Condition
Each one has us has a heart problem. It is our heart-shaped hole and can only be filled by God.
God’s Agenda at Work
Surely, no roadmap that we design can compare to the one that our Savior has put us on.
