The Bible is Boring
A few years ago, on my way across Harvard Yard after a Hebrew literature class, I had an interesting discussion with a friend of mine....
What is that to you?
Recently, I realized I’d been allowing a lot of anger and judgement to build up in my life. I would judge other people, even people...
Those who have Gone Before
Daring Greatly In my last post, I spoke about daring greatly. The author of Hebrews tells us that to follow God is to step out...
Daring Greatly
Looking back on my blogs from last year, I discover that I spent a lot of time talking about perseverance and hard times: taking the...
The Importance of Being Grateful
A Midwatch Conversation Last January, I had one of the most interesting watch conversations of my life. It was the Midwatch – the 2200-0200 watch...
Lights in the World
Yesterday I attended Bible Study, and one of the verses we discussed was Philippians 2:14. It goes like this: Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you...
I do not call you Unfortunate
We always hear that if we just trust God, he is working all things together for good, that eventually, things will get better, that this...
Do Not Grow Weary
"They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength." - There's a catch to that, though....
The Three P’s of Success
The year I graduated from Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, was our commencement speaker. The main thing I took away from his talk...
Hurricanes, Graves, and the Dark Road
I didn’t post a blog at this time last week. Last week at this time, I was sitting on the couch in my living room...