Posts tagged “Perseverance”
Grace AND peace!
Christians love the words grace and peace. Those two words are laced through the Bible, peppered into prayers, and bound up in the benediction…
Wear God down
Have you ever heard of Andy Bernard? Andy is one of the more persistent and annoying characters from the show The Office, a man…
It’s so worth it
Ask a cancer patient if it’s worth it to put up with chemotherapy when the treatment often makes him or her feel worse than…
Zoom in for gratitude
A French artist named Lucas Vaskange creates a specific style of digital art known as infinite zoom. Each image he creates has another image…
Tune your ears to hope
Back in 1982, the Wisconsin Badgers played Michigan State in a Big Ten football game on the same day the Milwaukee Brewers played the…
Heaven ahead
Antigua boasts 365 beaches, one for each day of the year. I dispute the math, but I do have a favorite beach. It’s called…
Your pain has a purpose
I recently read The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis, and it shattered some of my old ways of thinking about life’s troubles….
Assigned reading
It feels like a grueling reading assignment. Ever had one of those? You have to finish the book. Not by your choice. No, your…
Rising above
Have you experienced the Ark Encounter in Kentucky? It’s near impossible to walk through this built-to-size replica of Noah’s ark without being in awe….
Stress and rest
Set down your devices and devotional booklets for a second and flex with me. Feel that bicep as you curl your fist close to…
Being persistent, not stubborn
Today I want to talk to all the dreamers out there. I don’t mean the nighttime dreamers; I mean the other kind. If you…
God is on your side
Frederick Douglass said, “One and God make a majority.” The idea is that in the face of insurmountable odds, even if you only have…