Confession: I didn’t pay attention in high school English and skipped a third of my classes for my university’s English requirement. I winged English composition. I hated diagramming sentences and refused to memorize grammar rules….
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The Day I Wanted to Toss my Bible
I’ve been a Christian since high school. One of the people who helped lead me to Christ turned against God a few years later and told me to flush my Bible down the toilet. By then I was an impressionable college freshman. So maybe you’re thinking this blog is about one of my early experiences as a “baby Christian.” It’s not….
God’s Best Came in a Plain Package
If you have kids, you’ll remember when they first grasped the concept of presents. My son was 1.5 years old when he started to understand what presents were. But he was so thrilled with the box that he didn’t realize something even better could be inside it….
Do You See What I See?
Since the dawn of time, people have looked to the skies, tracking movements of heavenly bodies to glean information from them….
As the World Watches Us, who are We Watching?
“The world is watching America.” How often did you hear that in the past month?…
How to Guard your Faith with the Names of God
Tessa Afshar, one of my favorite Biblical fiction authors, was recently featured in the pilot of Morning Star Bright Lights, a podcast sponsored by an independent Christian bookstore on the East Coast. The host closed by asking Afshar what word she would give to their listeners. Without hesitation, she replied, “We have to guard our faith.”…
Navigating God’s “Possible”
How many times in the last six months have you asked yourself, “What the heck am I supposed to do next?”…
How Do You Reconcile Free Will and Freedom?
We celebrate freedom on the fourth of July. Or so it seems….
