Religious Virtuosity: The Spiritual Life on Automatic Pilot
Growing up is, among other possibilities, a process of learning how to do things. We learn to walk and talk, to tie our shoes, and to...
Warm Hearted Waiting in a Cold Season
Advent dates back to the mid-sixth century. By the 13th century, the whole church recognized the four Sundays leading up to Christmas as...
Thanksgiving 2014: A Mid-November Meditation
It is truly sad that Thanksgiving has become little more than the opening act for a season of spendthrift Christmas shopping. Gratitude...
Part of God's Family or Just an Employee?
While working my way through Romans 8 recently, I was struck by how Paul described the Holy Spirit as the “Spirit of adoption” (Romans...
Bi-Vocational Pastors: Getting a Rest and a Break
I can’t imagine what it would be like to pastor a church and also work full-time doing something else. How do you do it? Yet, there are...
The Whole Earth Is Full of His Glory
This morning I was catching up on what I “should” have been reading during my quiet time the past few days. It wasn’t because I’ve been...