Racism & Repentance
“Thank you God that I am not a racist!” Sound familiar? Perhaps you haven’t heard these specific words come out
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Spiritual Growth
A Prayer During COVID-19
Marcos shares a prayer against the coronavirus that rests on the victory of God and asks for renewed confidence in the promises of His Word.
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Christians Don’t Strut
Lisa reflects on a catchy line from an old TV show and reminds us that strutting is unbecoming of Christian men and women who have encountered the gospel.
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The Burdens of the Self, the Church, and Everyone Else
There’s a fascinating conversation between the hobbits Sam and Frodo in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Return of the King.
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The Regularity of Family Worship
How do cultivate regular spiritual disciplines with our families? What exactly is family worship? How do I even start?
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Cultivating Spiritual Regularity
How do we cultivate spiritual regularity? Is that even possible in a world where work dominates at least 8 hours a day and there seems to be no end in sight of the things that need to be done?
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Why I am Spending a Year (At Least) with St. Augustine
Over the last couple of years, I have read widely. This year, I’m going to read deeply and spend a year with Saint Augustine.
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Do You Need Friends?
Guest writer Paul J. Park discusses the importance of friendship for a full Christian life.
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Those Common, Hard Things
Last year, I was telling a friend how tired and unmotivated I felt. I wouldn’t have minded the fatigue if
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I Learned Everything I Know about Spiritual Growth from Baseball
The by-his-gut Baseball manager has lived a little. He has lived first hand through so many baseball scenarios that they have all become internalized. He doesn’t need a book or a stat sheet to tell him what to do or to dictate his actions. His “gut” has already seen this scenario, perhaps hundreds of times and has now developed an unconscious, internalized memory that manifests as a “feeling” in his bowels.
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