“We have started to accept once more that our life is not our own and God has altered our path once again.” These were the words of a monk right after the severe earthquake that recently struck Italy. Surely, indeed, there is an element to life that goes beyond our ...
Read More »Flowers Are Not Enough, How Not to Fear in the Face of Terroism
A recent video posted on Facebook has received over 15 million views. In it, a young French father explains the horror of the recent terror strikes in Paris. While his words are wise and creative, they fail to fully explain where our safety and protection truly lies: Watch the video ...
Read More »Working Without a Net
I read somewhere that faith is more along the lines of a trampoline than a solid foundation. The Christian life is simply an invitation to jump. I like that, and I don’t like that. Trampolines scare me. I love the reckless abandon that will overcome you. Let’s face it–anyone who says ...
Read More »Building A Solid Foundation In A Long Distance Relationship
God, using His infinite wisdom and creativity, sometimes orchestrates a unique melding together of two lives. There are stories of love at first sight, or stories where the courtship strung on and on while one person or the other sorted through a myriad of feelings, and there’s the typical dating ...
Read More »Are you trying to fix the world?
This world sure needs fixing. At least that is the message I see on Facebook and news reports. Everybody seems to know how to do it–or how someone else ought to do it. Usually ‘fixing the world’ means getting others to change. God’s plan is that we change–and let Him ...
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