Unmet Longings: More Than Meets the Eye
“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” —C.S. Lewis
A Personal POV of the Phone Phenomenon
“New technologies alter the structure of our interests: the things we think about. They alter the character of our symbols: the things we think with. And they alter the nature of community: the arena in which thoughts develop.” —Neil Postman
The Enterprising Evangelist to the Emerald Isle
“I pray to God to give me perseverance and to deign that I be a faithful witness to Him to the end of my life for my God.” —St. Patrick
Where Is Prayer? Part Two: Mending Prayer
“Prayer does not fit us for the greater works; prayer is the greater work.” —Oswald Chambers
Where Is Prayer? Part One: Broken Prayer
“I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God. It changes me.” —C.S. Lewis
Loss and Longing During Lent
“…God rewards fasting because fasting expresses the cry of the heart that nothing on the earth can satisfy our souls besides God. God must reward this cry because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.” —John Piper
The Power of A Simple Habit
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” —Lao Tzu
The 500 Challenge
“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.” —Thomas Jefferson
Fighting the Ferocious Force That Is Fear
“Fear, he is a liar
He will take your breath
Stop you in your steps
Fear, he is a liar
He will rob your rest
Steal your happiness
Cast your fear in the fire
'Cause fear, he is a liar.”
—Zach Williams
Some Reflections On Preaching the Word
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.” 2 Timothy 4:2
My Weird and Wonderful Relationship with Water
“Water is the driving force of all nature.” —Leonardo da Vinci
A Sudoku Soliloquy (Sort Of…)
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” —Albert Einstein
Three Life Themes I Followed In 2024
"The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post." —L. Thomas Holdcroft
New Year, New Mercies
Lamentations 3:22-24 “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’”
Some Thoughts On the February 2023 Asbury University Revival
“When Holy God draws near in true revival, people come under terrible conviction of sin. The outstanding feature of spiritual awakening has been the profound consciousness of the Presence and holiness of God.” —Henry Blackaby
Stop Shoulding Yourself
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life.” —Anne Lamott