You answer this question a dozen times a day. At least your heart does. And how your heart answers impacts everything.
Not Yet
Doesn’t humility demand we accept that some things will never change? Something does, but not humility.
Hospitality to Strangers
True self-acceptance is a key to change. A skewed self-acceptance refuses change.
Are You a Wanderer, Too?
I prefer to say I’m “on a journey.” But sometimes, that sounds a bit too certain, like I know where I started, where I am, and where and when I’ll arrive. In so many areas of my life, I don’t know any of these things. I’m wandering. As a father, there are times I feel like I’m reaching for an internal “dad” map that’s missing long stretches of road. Did I miss a turn back there? When my temper...
Plot Twist 3: the Author
Into this, our story, steps Jesus. He is the author. And He is the plot twist.
Merciful Refusal
Too many people have the unfortunate problem of managing quite nicely. Quite nicely is nice when all things are well, but when there’s a secret moral failure, a destructive pattern, a relational problem, or a long-buried wound, managing quite nicely is a problem. I wouldn’t wish this on anyone. It’s a silent misery. As a 19 year old Christian college student, I was harboring secret sexual sins...