Posts tagged “Culture”
Praying against evil
I was having a conversation with a group of strangers when things started getting weird. The woman next to me said all sorts of…
The blessing of noticing and being noticed
Very often I sit by a 77-year-old woman at church. When she walks out of church, the pastor greets her with, “Good to see…
Jesus is worthy of the center spot
Is Jesus at the center of your life today? Or do you need to take care of many other things before you can get…
The good of work and the gift of rest
“How are you doing, Michael?” “I’m busy.” Busyness is our way of virtue signaling. We are letting our fellow Americans know that we uphold…
The most important of all
Name some of the most important people and positions in our world. What did you come up with? Maybe you said, “The president, corporate…
The gift of now
Listening to the news and the watercooler gossip about the news, there’s a pretty good consensus that everyone’s positive everything’s bad in the world….
My truth? Maybe!
Have you heard phrases like “be true to yourself,” “live your truth,” or simply, “my truth”? They seem to be the most popular doctrine…
Seek truth
It’s hard to know what to do when you don’t know what is true. I felt that way when COVID first hit. As the…
Hoping for an apocalypse
It’s early January, and the official rules for bloggers state that I must write about resolutions. (That’s 100% accurate, but I’d prefer that you…
What are you thankful for?
Let me set the scene for you. Thanksgiving Day. After having their hands slapped a few times in failed food-snitching attempts, the family finally…
Faith in what?
Our culture is infatuated with faith. An 80s pop song told us, “You just gotta have faith,” and Disney constantly preaches, “Just believe.” College…
Using your time even better
Pastor Mike’s latest sermon series may challenge you a bit. It changed my perspective. Maybe you, like me, tend to justify the way you…