If The Lord Wills
It’s 6AM on a Monday morning – September 9th of 2019 to be precise. I’m sitting in the home office of our new rental home in Greeley, Colorado. We just moved in this past Friday. In two hours, I’ll be … Continued
Deconversion Stories, Discipleship, and The Parable of the Sower
What is up with Christians leaving the faith? In July, Joshua Harris – pastor and famed author of ‘I Kissed Dating Goodbye’ – announced he is no longer a Christian, and he’s leaving his wife. Two weeks ago, Marty Sampson … Continued
Decluttering: Make Three Piles, And Ask Three Questions
Are you having trouble decluttering? It is actually rather simple. Just start by sorting everything you own into one of three piles. Make one pile for what you know without a moment of hesitation that you need or want to … Continued
Flag On The Play Concerning ‘Red Flag’ Laws
After mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, the Left in America is calling for stricter gun control legislation. Of concern, however, Republicans in Congress and the Republican governor of Ohio are now also voicing support for ‘Red Flag’ laws. … Continued
Social Justice and the Lure of Heaven on Earth
I just finished a documentary on the story of Jim Jones and The People’s Temple. The story is one of the most disturbing chapters in American history, one that most people aren’t taught about today. I imagine it’s because, in … Continued
Peace and Purpose
“Lord, make me to be a man of peace and quiet action.” I woke up this morning with those words etched in my mind. I had been praying them repeatedly in my dream. I don’t remember much else from the … Continued
Racism and Ancestry
My wife Lauren and I recently got the results back on DNA tests from Ancestry.com, and I have been joking with people I tell this to that it turns out I am 100% white. Joking aside, the results indicate the … Continued
Weakness As Virtue: The Case of Social Justice v. Real Justice
Weakness is not a virtue. Neither is poverty. This is what I told my sons during one of the many white board talks I delivered a couple weeks ago, when I was home on a ‘staycation’ for my wife’s knee … Continued
Regarding the Genesis Genealogies and Exceptionally Long Lifespans
Several years ago, I started writing a novel. The premise was simple. It was going to be an epic high fantasy in the vein of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. The subject matter … Continued
Jason Samenow, The Washington Post, and Climate Change
It was a rainy Saturday morning in Eastern Montana. I woke up, made myself a cup of coffee, and similarly woke my computer from its nightly slumber. I checked my Facebook notifications as I sipped. There I found new replies … Continued