It’s hard to make sense of self-sacrifice in a lion’s brain
Christian living
Are You Attracted to a Pig With a Ring in its Nose?
You think you’re looking at a beautiful woman who makes some questionable decisions when in reality, it’s a pig with some nice jewelry.
Do Some City Planning in Your Heart
We hang a low ceiling over our imagination, and live the rest of our lives cramped and hunched over.
A Holy Spirit identity is the opposite of brand-building
We use the Spirit as a less flagrant hall pass to claim that following my personal agenda is just following God.
Are You a Good Chef with Your Words?
No matter what your profession is, your words feed people’s souls. All of us have the opportunity to spoon spiritual nutrition into people’s lives.
Folly Has a Strategic Plan to Get You
We will always see the glitter of tinfoil before discovering that it’s not gold.
Where to Turn When Patriotism Seems to be Dying
Patriotic pride rejoices in your piece of a shared vision of the collective good. But what happens when your vision is not shared so collectively? …. What we want is a land where justice reigns and good always triumphs over evil. We only get that with Jesus.
Where to Find Wisdom
True wisdom is not hidden in some coded cipher on the back pages of a musty book. She’s clear, visible, and prominent. She wants to be found. She plans her locations like Walgreens.
Why You Can’t Let Yourself Feel Content
The faster you descend from your mountaintop of success into feelings of failure and self-loathing, the better. That means you’ll get to your next high quicker.
The Sanction of Sin
The power comes in her offhanded delivery. At their initial encounter, the subtext is uneasy, electric with forbidenness. But then she casually disarms the security system—nothing to fear on the spiritual front
You’ve Overcommitted–Now What?
There are plenty of mistakes you can quietly go about fixing yourself. But when your error involves a promise or expectation given to someone else, it’s no longer a private matter.
What Happens When You Stop Getting Bored?
Try to remember—what used to happen when you got bored? What have we lost, exactly? The underlying catastrophe is the loss of humility.
