One per second

What do you think is the leading cause of death in the world today? Chances are, whatever you answered is likely to be in top ten: heart disease, stroke, cancer, COPD, pneumonia. You know what’s not on any published top-ten list? Abortion. Coronary heart disease...

Grasping the Ungraspable

Grasp the ungraspable. Know the unknowable. Measure the unmeasurable. These are the challenging paradoxes of Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3:14-19: For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I...

Being Before Doing

I have lived my whole life within a performance-based culture, where doing something is valued much higher than being someone. “What do you do for a living?” is often the first question I hear after meeting someone. It makes sense then...

God’s Unexplainable “Hesed”

God has a ceaseless lovingkindness for humanity that defies all reasoning. In Hebrew it is known as hesed: compassionate and gracious; slow to anger; abounding in love and faithfulness; maintaining love to thousands; and forgiving wickedness, rebellion,...

Looking Up

I have a great view of the vast nighttime sky from my backyard. Most nights you can find me gazing upward, taking in what I can of that magnificent expanse of space, reflecting on the God who created it and still rules over it. To the west is the Big Dipper, reminding...

Confused, Afraid, and in Need of Hope

“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars…” The world is confused. Global fear is escalating. The media fuels (and feeds on) unrest, unease, and suspicion. The future is uncertain. There is a shaking going on in our world, a world that is searching for stability,...
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