Chapter Six: A Hole in Me If you’re still reading this book with me, you’ve surely discovered that it is a tough book. It isn’t a lightweight summer beach read; it is a manifesto, a proclamation for Christ’s followers to truly go all in with their commitment to Him. At…
Working in Los Angeles County can be hazardous to one’s health. I’m not talking about the high-speed freeways or the frantic pace of life, but rather the cultural atmosphere that insists on glorifying “self.” Here in the entertainment capital of the world, we are obsessed with beauty, success, and fame,…
I’m not sure if I’ll post a chapter every week, but I thought I would add at least a few more excerpts from my book Conscience. Chapter Two So there I was, leaning over the body. Crimson stains streaked up and down my forearms as I worked frantically at reviving…
Chapter Five: The Three Greatest Commandments So how are you doing in your reading? We’re seven weeks into our collective reading of The Hole In Our Gospel and I imagine that you’re beginning to craft ideas of what we could potentially do through Grace Church to contribute to God’s mercy…
Pretending until it's real
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“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.” Thus said Screwtape, the shrewd demon mentor, to Wormwood, the demon-in-training, in C.S. Lewis’ classic The Screwtape Letters. I think Screwtape was onto something. Self-help and success experts have long preached the virtue of acting in ways…
