Posts tagged “Faith”
Worth the pain
Last week lots of people were putting their 2019 recap on social media. When I think of 2019, a C.S. Lewis quote comes to…
Do not be afraid!
Do not be afraid! Mary, you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a Son, and you will name…
Magnificat: Not too big to fail
During the 2008 economic meltdown, Americans were treated to the spectacle of the government’s decision that certain financial firms were “too big to fail,”…
2 ways God (and the devil) gets you
God and the devil use the same tools. That truth is one of the more intriguing/important/terrifying facts of life. The very moments that the…
4 kinds of sins (and the 1 God prefers)
If you’re going to sin against God, make sure you sin against him in the right way. Obviously, God doesn’t want you to sin…
Oh, grow up!
Don’t you hate it when your kids settle? Know what I mean . . . when they settle for Cs when they could get As…
Having hope
Job suffered in a way that I can’t imagine. He lost everything in a matter of minutes. His livestock. His livelihood. His house. His…
God plays a long game
Try as we might, we can’t see into the future. We can guess, plot probabilities, and make predictions, but our ideas could be totally…
When church hurts
Church at its best is magnificent: the Word is taught in its truth and purity, ideas about worship and ministry are freely exchanged, leaders…
An f-bomb in the pastor’s office
The woman dropped the f-bomb in my office. And she didn’t even flinch. I tried to hide how offended I was, to take a…
Waiting for heaven while living on earth
Sometimes it’s just hard, isn’t it? This world is heavy. The more you grow up, the more you live with the reality of pain…