I saw a meme yesterday about how easily you can hurt yourself when you’re over 40 – you know, like straining your back getting out of bed or hurting your shoulder while doing dishes. I’m 43, and that meme holds a little too much truth. Two months ago, I started working at a thrift store,…
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Psychiatric Sanctification
Have you ever been blindsided by self-revelation – good self-revelation? I was just standing on the threshold of the Courtyard Hotel with friends, watching the sunset gild the Indianapolis Convention Center when I had a jaw-dropping moment. I’ll back up. I’m in Indy for The Gospel Coalition’s 2025 Conference with four friends (Yes, I’ve been…
Hope Is Kindled
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more,…
You Who Have Made Me See
Ask anyone who has ever studied the Bible with me – I’m big on context. Bible verses, and really any kind of writing, should never be plucked out of their surrounding text and infused with meaning all their own. Yet I’m writing today because I did just that. I was praying in front of my…
Let There Be Light
When was the first time you saw fireflies? As I’m sure I gave away in asking, I’m not from the South, and in California we had neither fireflies nor lightning bugs. I was about ten years old when I left the state for the first time, flying to Maryland to visit my grandparents. I recall…
A Brand or a Sword?
My Bible study is in our eighth week of studying the first epistle of the Apostle Peter, with only one more week to go. As I tried to settle into this week’s text, chapter four, I kept having trouble focusing on the text as a whole, which is how I usually start each week of…
Cain and Abram
We are all trying to get back to Eden, whether we know it or not. All the strife and striving around us, all the fear and dread of losing rank or security – all of it is due to our desire to be loved and safe, with meaningful work and freedom from pain and despair….
Before the Fire 