Last week, I made the obvious observation that our current social and political climate was a ridiculously fractious one, brought about, in part, by desperate attempts to find meaning and purpose in …
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Grace and Truth, Part I
As I’m writing this, we’re all reeling from the aftermath of another contentious election. Politics has always been a dirty business, to be sure, but I don’t remember it having such a bitter, …
Life Without You
It’s really hard to be a mom in today’s culture, even while living in Christian community. In some ways, it may actually be worse. Almost every mom I know fights the temptation to place these crushing …
Incarnational Living
I cannot believe the end of the first nine weeks of school is already here. This school year has flown past, as school years so commonly do these days. Before long, Christmas will be upon us. When we …
A Father’s Cry Revisited
I’ve been writing this blog for about five years now. My biggest concern going in was that you would read it, consider the words God gave me each week, and think I was some kind of authority on …
In Wartime
When praying powerful prayers, we can expect spiritual attack. It is part of the life of the spirit, and we are spiritual beings. I think it is important to help our kids understand spiritual attack, …
Unanswered Prayers, Part II
Last week was a rough one for our school community. We said farewell for now, though not forever, to two of our school dads: one who God took home after a protracted illness, one so suddenly we’re …
Unanswered Prayers, Part I
I used to love Garth Brooks. I guess I still do. One of my favorites of his was “Unanswered Prayers.” It’s the bittersweet story of a guy who prayed and prayed in his youth that the Lord would allow …
The God Who Listens
Isn’t it funny how one word, one phrase read differently can change the entire meaning of a story? I was reading an article by Gordon Grose in this month’s Christianity Today about how a …
Be Still
For the past several weeks, I’ve been writing about praying powerful prayers, which happens to be this year’s theme for our school. This past summer, the Lord taught me some valuable things about …
Fervent Prayers
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been writing about praying powerful prayers, and how so much of the effectiveness of our prayers is relational, tied up in our views of God and how He sees us, as …
Unforgiven
What is the high-hanging fruit on your sanctification tree? You know, that thing, that issue that always seems to dog you? The one that you feel like you’ll be carrying with you all your life? For …