Posts tagged “Wisdom”
Editing and pruning
Editing hurts. I say that as a writer who has experienced it. Recently, I was asked to cut a manuscript down by 15,000 words—I…
Confused by your suffering?
If you’ve ever questioned God because of your pain, listen to what Jesus said in John 15: “I am the true vine, and my…
The wisdom of margin
You can learn a lot from a piece of notebook paper. Just think of those little red lines near the left-hand side, the ones…
The allure of screens
The book of Proverbs, written around three thousand years ago, doesn’t say much about tablets and TikTok, but it can teach us wisdom with…
Breaking the digital chains
If you had to give your relationship with your phone a letter grade, what grade would it be? That was the question I asked…
Your screen and your soul
Technology is a tension, isn’t it? Families feel this when they FaceTime siblings two states away … and when they sit in the same…
Little by little
We all wish God would snap his fingers and make our lives easier. We wish nicotine cravings would simply disappear, depression would magically lift,…
Help! is a brave word
I recently met a young woman who just became a Christian. During our conversation, she told me of a book about a horse, a…
The dirty pot
My daughter is a big fan of homemade mac and cheese. Well, she’s a fan of any kind of pasta, but mac and cheese…
How to suffer well
How do you hold on to your faith in God when life is falling apart? When you feel alone at school or devastated after…
A level of decency
Jesus spent time in Bethany with his friends Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. One time he placed himself in the middle of a squabble between…
Dealing with “NO”
Have you ever gotten a “no” from God? It knocks the stuffing right out of you, doesn’t it? Especially if you’re praying about something…