Pushing open the narrow gate.
Thoughts on faith, viewing God, self, and life. Stuff that is really about the way I think about things.
A first for me: the year’s word, preempted. I always titled my essays after they were written. My preferences lean toward inductive reasoning (taking a set of information and drawing out its meaning, rather than going in with a clear presupposition) and gathering a large pool of knowledge, looking for patterns and abstractions. Some of … Continue reading In 2019: With.
In 2015, I decided to set my mind to one question as I read the Bible all the way through — “How did God intend for humans to interact with the material world?” And as he showed me several answers through scripture, I was impressed with the things I knew about stewardship, about love, about … Continue reading Throwback: Truth and Beauty
Life In the Slow Lane. Our family likes to take its time. With 5+ kiddos, we don’t easily move very quickly, so maybe it’s more like we just take time. Recently we moved to a house with 3 working toilets. That’s 3 times the number of toilets we had at our last house. Aside from … Continue reading Thyme after Time
When I was 17, my heart was captured by God. I was born again screaming for spiritual nourishment and had an insatiable appetite for spending unhurried, regular time with him. Although I consumed the Bible like a dog on a pork chop, I read lots of books like My Utmost for His Highest, the Chronological … Continue reading From Tank Problem to Mise En Place
