What is it about a new year that is so exciting? As the old year draws to an end and a New Year approaches, there seems to be a renewed sense of hope in the air. A new year brings with it a fresh sense of vigor, expectation, promise, and resolve. A new year feels like a blank slate, like a do over, and that is refreshing to us. But why? It seems that new years are so full of hope and promise because we feel the weight of incompleteness, failure,...
Proud unbelief. Two words that pack a powerful soul punch and a term I was unfamiliar with until a few years ago. Over a period of about two years, God began revealing to me my tendency to swing on the pendulum between arrogance and insecurity/fear, both of which are rooted in pride and unbelief. This revelation shook me to my core. It revealed to me that my trust was not in the Gospel or in God, but in myself. In my head, I believed in grace...
I love the Christmas season – the decorations, the food, the giving (and receiving) of gifts, the music, the time spent with family and friends. It is just a special time of year. But a lot of what I love about Christmas has nothing to do with the reason we celebrate Christmas in the first place. It is so easy to lose sight of the bigger picture amidst the hustle and bustle of the holiday. And, if I am honest, the trite, sing-song, seasonal...
“You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” - Paul Sweeney Monday, I reviewed the first five books I read in 2011 that greatly impacted me. Today, I have the final five, plus two other noteworthy books. All of these books settled into the marrow of my bones, in some way becoming a part of me. They’ve left their imprint on my life and my heart. And at the...
“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” - C.S. Lewis For as long as I can remember I have been a lover all things books. I was an only child until I was eleven and we did not live in a neighborhood with children, so books were my friends. When I was maybe eight or nine, I asked for the Complete Unabridged Works of William Shakespeare and a beautiful hardback copy of Little Women for Christmas....
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What is it about a new year that is so exciting? As the old year draws to an end and a...
Proud unbelief. Two words that pack a powerful soul punch and a term I was unfamiliar...
I love the Christmas season – the decorations, the food, the giving (and receiving) of...