Allison: Everything looks the same here. Nothing's changed, don't you think?Bill: No, Ally, I don't. It all looks different to me. I don't hardly recognize it any more.Stillwater, 2021There are moments in life when it feels like the earth tilts, when something so radical happens that ... Continue reading
What’s your credit score?
August 8, 2024 By 1 Comment
Faith was credited to Abraham for righteousness.... He did not waver in unbelief at God's promise but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, because he was fully convinced that what God had promised, he was also able to do. —Romans 4:9b,20 (CSB)I'm old enough to remember taking my ... Continue reading
Trust vs. faith
August 31, 2023 By Leave a Comment
I've been thinking about what I mean when I say that I trust God. My money says "In God we trust," which I think is intended as a moral lesson teaching that money shouldn't be foundation of life. I'm not sure how effective the message is. When I say that I trust in God, or I have put my trust in ... Continue reading
Finding joy
March 12, 2022 By Leave a Comment
“It is hard to talk about joy. … When my leg hurts I can talk about it. I have a lot of words to describe how much it hurts. When it doesn’t hurt I don’t think about it. When I am well I don’t talk about it. My language is limited. My language is much more elaborate for anxiety than for joy.” – ... Continue reading
I don’t just believe; I know
October 12, 2021 By Leave a Comment
“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. “And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!” — Job 19:25-27 (NIV)I know. I am convinced. I ... Continue reading
The truth about Superman’s phonebooth
August 15, 2013 By 2 Comments
Phone booths have all but vanished from the American landscape, to the delight of the myriad faceless number crunchers who toil at Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. It's bad enough that the extinction of the public telephone has created so much hardship for cellphoneless citizens like myself, ... Continue reading
A heart like His
June 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
Even if you've never darkened the door of a Sunday school class in your life, you will have grown up with a culturally-formed understanding of the biblical allusion to David and Goliath; every kid with a slingshot in his back pocket is confident he can slay any foe. In sports, politics, or whenever ... Continue reading
Anything: Yielding to an unsafe God
April 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
"Then Aslan isn't safe?" asked Lucy."Safe?" said Mr. Beaver. "Don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you." — The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis What might happen if I put my career, my ... Continue reading
