In light of eternity, we can learn how to find hope in suffering. If there’s one thing that keeps me up at night, it’s suffering. I’m not necessarily even talking about the suffering of my loved ones. They’re fine at the present moment. I’m mostly talking about the oppression, terrorism, abuse, illness and poverty worldwide –the stories of unimaginable evil, pain and tragedy happening at… Read more
Every year I’m more undone at Christmastime than I was the year before. My eyes and heart are opened just a little further. I take in a fraction more of the magnitude and glory of what God did in the moment when He emerged into our reality in human form. A baby. Jesus. … My daughter and I have been researching… Read more
Over the past two years, I’ve slowly gotten into homemaking. Now, it’s sort of “my thing.” I didn’t see it coming, but somewhere along the way, I began to realize the eternal, beautiful, godly, glorious significance of Biblical homemaking. I began to see that this is much more than cleaning toilets. Godly homemaking is the intermingling of craft and work for the purpose of… Read more
Our generation is losing the art of fearing God. It’s out of fashion. The idea of fearing God does not have that “feel-good” draw, and since it’s hard to understand, we choose to put it out of our minds. We make our own happiness king, because God wants us to be happy, right? We miss the eternal truth. We idolize ourselves and grow fat… Read more
As some of you know, I love the book of Ecclesiastes. It has truly deepened my perspective and given me language for things God has been stirring in me over the past year and a half. As I’ve reflected on the brevity and temporal nature of much of what we fill our lives with now, two questions have come up. What’s the best way… Read more
In the past year, my perspective has undergone a massive reorientation. I suppose it’s because I’m finally old enough to be confronted with the imminent reality of death. I’ve realized that, before I know it, I’ll find myself at the last moment of my life, because such is the passage of time. For me in that moment, everything worldly will pass away.… Read more
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