Back up for a moment and take in a wider view. Put down your smart phone, set aside your social media. Step away from all those within-reach things you think are so critically important to your life and, just for a few moments, dwell within your intellect and imagination. In your mind send yourself off …
June Reflections
Mankind is fallen. This earth is fallen. Nothing in or around us is as it was meant to be. Beauty is a mirage seen through fallen eyes that know nothing better. The promise that there is something better dwells securely in the heart of every follower of Christ, yet He has left us here for …
May Reflections
People who know my middle name are people who cared enough to ask. They are people who have chosen to draw in closely to my life, to dig deeper and discover those things lying beneath the surface. They are people for whom, when I hear their name, I feel something special inside. People who know …
April Reflections
We are helpless against the weather. Heat and humidity, clouds and rain will come and go without effective intervention from us. But we are not helpless against the oppressive, cloying haze created by the world’s system—the “fog” that clouds our view of Christ. Let others have their sight dimmed; we can resolve to keep a …
March Reflections
It is unthinkable, but what if the Son of God had failed His test? What if He had been persuaded by Satan in the wilderness, dissuaded from the start of His ministry? What if He had gotten fed up with the hypocritical religious leaders of Israel, or the loathsome condition of the humanity He Himself …
February Reflections
The modern iteration of this ancient holiday is about as romantic as a gun to the head, in which heaps and mounds of guilt are ladled onto the male of the species to purchase expensive gifts for his associate female. This guilt emanates regularly through TV commercials and sitcoms, movies and, I would hazard a …
January Reflections
People know where we’ve been, and from our tracks they can usually figure out where we’re going. Beyond that, others know how we’ve made the passage. They’ve watched our steps, observed our behavior, and listened to the words that have passed our lips. Like it or not, we leave something behind. What we say to …
December Reflections
Every morning the headlines drive us deeper into an existential funk. It seems as if everyone hates everyone else these days, and it is easy to lose hope.A regular feature of a daily column I read is entitled “Everything Isn’t Awful,” and typically offers a brief video of cute animals doing cute things with other …
November Reflections
Let the world have its sterile, impotent definition of “thanksgiving.” The Christian’s stance is to be utterly different, in that our thanksgiving is to be both spiritual and physical; it is to ignite both praise to God and earthly works in His name; more than simply a verbal expression of gratitude, it is to be …
October Reflections
God the Son is as holy and pure as the Father and the Spirit, yet in that eternal, uncreated Tri-unity He is unique in that He is approachable in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus is God getting His hands dirty. His earthiness did not diminish His deity, nor did His deity dilute the authenticity …