Jesus is the Good Shepherd
On the evening of February 28, 1909, a passenger train climbed a mountain slope through Shiokari Pass in Japan. Inexplicably, the last carriage car came uncoupled from the train and began to slide back down the hill. Inside, the passengers panicked as the car picked up speed. Passenger Masao Nagano, who was also head of […]
Behind the Open Door: Access to the Only True Celebrity
For my twelfth birthday, my Mom took me to see my childhood idol, Amy Grant, in concert. To say I was a fan would be an understatement. I had all of her records and tapes and spent untold hours memorizing every word of her songs. Having never been to a concert before, I asked if […]
Jesus is the Light of the World & His Light Brings Hope
For 68 years, Pierre-Paul Thomas’s world was void of light. Born with a congenital condition, his optic nerve was severely damaged, and cataracts clouded his eyes. Surgeries from childhood had proven unsuccessful, and any glimmer of hope he would someday see had long been snuffed out. But in the most unlikely way, a frightening tumble […]
Introducing a New Writing Community: The Writers’ Bloc!
Have you ever encountered art that’s so beautiful that it moved you, maybe even to tears? Sometimes the response is completely appropriate and right, like the awe you feel in front of Claude Monet’s Water Lilies, or at the base of Mount Rushmore, or staring up at the Eiffel Tower. We stand amazed at the […]
Your Seasons are in God’s Hands
On Saturday, I took part in a strange American ritual called a cheer competition. Even though I cheered in high school, today’s competitive cheer world is completely foreign to me. It’s louder, faster, more impressive, and more expensive than anything I experienced growing up. I felt conspicuously sparkle-less as I entered the crowded arena and […]
The Lies Writers Believe and the Truth that Sets Them Free
The world is full of good advice for writers. Just ask Google, “How to start writing?” and you’ll get a host of interesting answers like become a reader, commit to a routine, use writing exercises, and find a community to support your efforts. We’d all agree that this advice makes sense and would help us […]
Coram Deo & How to Make Your Life & Work Count for Eternity
Are your life and work making an impact for eternity? This is an uncomfortable question. But perhaps this is the question behind the question of why we make new year’s resolutions. We desire to lay aside the things that hinder and distract us from fulfilling our life’s purpose. So we change external things, like cutting […]
The 10 Best Posts on Life, Leisure, and the Pursuit of Holiness in 2022
There’s something about turning the calendar page from December 31 to January 1 that makes us all a little more reflective about our lives. It’s a natural time to take inventory of where we’ve been and where we’re going. I’ve been doing my fair share of that too, looking back on last year, and considering […]
Better than a Christmas Truce is the Prince of Peace
It was about 10 pm on Christmas Eve 1914 when the guns fell silent on the Western Front. World War I was raging in Europe, and there was no end to the fighting in sight. When the gunfire ceased, the Allied soldiers sat in the darkness, waiting to see what would happen next. Then, instead […]
Why Is Jesus Called the Everlasting Father?
The oldest tree in the world is high in the White Mountains of eastern California. The U.S. Forest Service has kept its location a secret to protect the 4,854-year-old bristlecone pine from vandalism. The nearly five-millennia-old tree is appropriately named Methuselah and dates back to the days when the real Methuselah walked the earth. Can […]
