Out-live, out-love, out-think, out-die

March 8, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

It has been said that in the early years of the church, Christians conquered the world of their day by out-living, out-loving, out-thinking, and out-dying everyone else. What do you think of that description? When we mine the depths and essential teachings of the Christian faith it makes sense that its adherents would be described […]

Which first day is harder for parents: kindergarten or a senior year of high school?

August 20, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

“The days are long the years are brief.” That’s how someone described the parental passage of time to me once, and it is probably true. Time usually doesn’t feel like it is flying by while it is happening, but when we look back it is easy to gasp and wonder, “How did my little kindergartener […]

You will never get snared if you do not stray

December 19, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

You have certainly discovered how dangerous life can be right? Surely, by this point in your story, you have faced both demons and human treachery. You have had your back against some walls, and you have found ways to break through other ones. You have won and you have been defeated. You have been both […]

Hard work mistaken for talent

October 20, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

One of several books that I have been perusing recently is Erwin McManus’ 2014 The Artisan Soul, wherein Erwin beautifully describes the interplay between hard work and talent. He writes: “Eventually art becomes craft. The combination of talent and passion funneled through the crucible of discipline and determination resulted in an expression of skill and […]

The thing that’s lower than your ‘low’

October 23, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Have you ever done the limbo and tried to see how low you can go? During junior high roller skating outings my friends and I used to limbo on roller skates, testing our coordination and risking injury as we contorted our way below the ever-lowering limbo bar. How about in life? Have painful life circumstances […]