6 min to readHere we go! You’re reading the first edition of this little, weekly email update. I spend a lot of time reading books and articles, so …
THE HOUND OF HEAVEN
4 min to readA poem titled “The Hound of Heaven” influenced G.K. Chesterton and J.R.R. Tolkien, and lots of other people with famous dotted initials. The poem pictures …
WHY DOES THIS STUFF KEEP HAPPENING?
2 min to readWe find ourselves asking this question more and more. Sometimes, the losses and crosses of a hard life seem to mount and grow. Unrelenting troubles …
LEARNING TO MINISTER AND NOT PEDDLE GOD’S WORD
3 min to readI don’t know many people who “peddle” the Word of God. Paul gave a clear exhortation to his crowd, reminding that they do not peddle …
QUIET TIME RESET PLAN
2 min to readThree weeks into the new year, your big plans for regular devotional time might already have unraveled. It happens to you. It happens to me. …
THE EASIEST MOVE AS A PARENT
< 1 minuteA New Baptist Catechism for Children recently released from @seed_publishing. My 7 year old loves this. We talk through catechism questions each night at bed …
CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM
< 1 minuteA simple paragraph from an article titled “The Lusitania Anniversary,” intrigued me by its timeless insight. (link in bio)
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/New_York_Tribune/The_Lusitania_Anniversary
A BETTER WAY
< 1 minuteThere’s a better way. I’m concerned a lazy form of Christian activism is surging among some circles of Christ’s Church. A desire for the ease …
WRITING WHEN YOU FEEL STUCK
9 min to read“Writing is easy; you just open a vein and bleed.” One famous author described the writing process with this insightful sarcasm. Anyone who sits down …
QUITTING MINISTRY
5 min to readI peruse my newsfeed every morning. I find news about the election, details about COVID advances, wildfires in the west. But recently, a series of …