What is water? David Scott Wallace tells the famous existentialist parable in his brilliant commencement speech at Kenyon […]
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Mr. Witt’s funeral was fairly typical, typical for a Lutheran service, anyway. But it was unique in that […]
In the stillness before dawn, when the world seems to hold its breath, you rise. Slowly, your pockets […]
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s little novel, The Curious Case of Benjamin, tells the story of a man born old […]
Life is not linear. As much as we order our days, plan our future, sleep soundly at night, […]
I need to start this post with a confession: I am not particularly “good” at shut-in visits. I […]
Who can be astonishedthat we wander from the way,that error grows strongin the soft folds of our weakness?Our […]
Mark tells us in chapter 9 that the disciples were arguing about which one was the greatest. Considering […]
Last week, I preached on Mark 9, where the man prayed to Jesus, “Lord, I believe, help my […]
When St. James famously speaks about taming the tongue, he does so primarily as a warning for those […]
The word company wasn’t birthed in the chambers of the Roman senate or over a scale in a […]
My grandma, my dad’s mother, was everything a grandma should be. She would spoil my brothers and me, […]
Recently, I saw a pastor and church highlighting their fall theme, “Fan or Follower.” The pastor likely wants […]
Our task is not to shape Truth but to find it—to find him, as a weary pilgrim seeks […]
“Why not rather suffer wrong?” says Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:7. “Blessed are you when others revile you,” […]
If you’ve never howled at God, have you ever been close to Christianity? We all yearn for companionship […]
Do you want to make someone really uncomfortable? Do you want to watch them question your intentions and […]
I still remember attending a funeral for the mother of a member and wondering if the pastor knew […]
Enter a Christian house today, and one will often encounter a pagan underbelly among its inhabitants. There is […]
In the year that King Uzziah died… So Isaiah began to recount his famous encounter with God. Why? […]