Feb 20, 20122 minFaithThe Green-Eyed Monster and Why I Want Your Half of the Cookie(I wrote this post many years ago. It's shocking and embarrassing to look back and see what things upset me then; I like to think I've...
Feb 17, 20122 minFaithThe Radical Business of Living an Ordinary LifeIn his book Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, David Platt talks about Jesus' Prayer as He's nearing the end of His...
Jan 17, 20122 minFaithWhat a Proper Spiritual Fast Looks LikeWhen my pastor asked the congregation to join him in a prolonged fast, I was tempted to decline. Grace and freedom, you know—the stuff of...
Jan 13, 20122 minFaithThe Sermon on the Mount: a Brilliant Solution for Our TimesMatthew 5:1-16 (My Paraphrase) Blessed are those who know they have much more to learn than they have to teach, and who are more eager to...
Mar 23, 20112 minFaithThe Great Egg-Balancing Hoax (When People Believe What They Want to Believe)Perhaps you’ve done it—balanced an egg on its wide end sometime during the vernal or autumnal equinox. A friend of mine introduced this...
Feb 26, 20112 minFaithRaise Your Bootay (On Authentic Prayer and God’s Love)The other day I was met with disappointment that weighed my spirits, literally, to the ground. After about twenty-four hours of moping...