Chapter Two: A Coward for God “Are you willing to be open to God’s will for your life?”[1] That’s the question that Richard Stearns wrestled with in Chapter Two of The Hole in our Gospel. If you’re like me, you’re probably realizing in your reading that Mr. Stearns is manipulating…
Grace Church Summer Reading Program: The Hole in our Gospel—week 2 Thoughts from the Prologue I tried to get out of the Prologue and in to the 1st chapter of The Hole in our Gospel this week but I couldn’t do it. I was too gripped by Richard Stearns’ metaphor…
Karma Noun: action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation. The cosmic principle according to which each person is rewarded or punished in one incarnation according to that person’s deeds in the previous incarnation. Synonyms: fate, predetermination, kismet.[1] Grace…
“Strictly speaking he began to be a different boy…the cure had begun.” So ends the chapter in C.S. Lewis’ The Voyage of the Dawn Treader wherein the self-centered, scornful Eustace Clarence Scrubb is transformed in to a greedy dragon and then ultimately healed by Aslan. Following is an excerpt from…
Where are you looking? It’s an important question because where we look determines what we see, and what we see determines how we feel about our lives. If we consistently look at what we don’t have our lives will be filled with discontentment, frustration, or regret. Conversely, if we intentionally…
