Parenting: What Is Our Chief Aim?
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”—Ephesians 6:4 First, let us see to what end our parenting is aiming …
10 Signs You Are Burning Out
“Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches…I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls.”—2 Corinthians 11:28, …
Do You Feel Like a Pastoral Fraud?
Do you ever feel like a fake? A fraud? Like the self-portrait you’ve painted for others is a rip-off of somebody else? Someone more holy, more pure—less Pharisaical, more Spurgeon-esque? …
Anxiety – Part 5 – Answered Prayer is Not the Answer
This is Part 5 of a series on Anxiety. Read previous posts here. What will take your anxiety away? Anxiety comes when you don’t know how something is going to turn …
Anxiety – Part 4 – Turning Your Thoughts to Prayers
This is Part 4 of a series on Anxiety. Read previous posts here. Now that we’ve looked at the ground anxiety can grow in, and considered some ways to cultivate peace, …
Skeptics Don’t Hum
Adam had complete access to God; to the Mystery of the cosmos, the Wonder of all creation. Imagine the conversations: Abba, why did you make watermelon? For your joy. But …
Anxiety – Part 3 – Take Inventory of Your Theology
This is Part 3 of a series on Anxiety. Read Part 1 and Part 2. The most highlighted passage in the bible according to Amazon is Philippians 4:6: “Do not be anxious …
Anxiety – Part 2 – Take Inventory of Your Relationships
This is Part 2 of a series on Anxiety. Read Part 1 here. The most highlighted passage in the bible according to Amazon is Philippians 4:6: “Do not be anxious for …
Anxiety – Part 1 – Take Inventory of Your Heart
Storms rage in our hearts and minds often. Life, relationships, circumstances—they trouble us. We realize that most things are out of control. We are unsure of what will happen from …
Before Galaxies Stood Forth, He Knew You
The cosmic love and wisdom of God should be a truth that collides with our heart (for it is personal to us) and explodes in our soul (for it will …