God's Plan is Better Than Your Plan https://youtu.be/pw9TgdDul90 Listen to this post on YouTube. My dear "ninth graders," You, Class of 2020, are graduating high school during a pandemic. And there's just no other way to say it than to say that that sucks. You've missed a huge hunk of your final semester of high … Continue reading Truths to Build Your Life On: Open Letters to the Class of 2020, Part 1
Disease, Death, and Defenselessness
It is a difficult thing to come to terms with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as he reveals himself in his word. So often I'd much rather paint a caricature of him and get to know the idol I've fashioned in my own image. My idols, even the ones I call Yahweh, are always much easier to accept, much less demanding, and are always neatly under my control.
God’s Will In the Eyes of a Dog
"It was me and a dog on a leash traipsing down the sidewalk on Yellow Bucket Street. Me and a dog and the almighty Maker of heaven of earth, that is. He stooped low for those few moments; I felt him, and my mind turned to all the questions I wish he'd answer."
Author God: Time
Can the future cause the past? When we view God as the Author of the universe, I don't see why not.
Author God: Free Will and God’s Sovereignty
Literally nothing about any character in an author's story is outside the sovereign control of the author. And yet, when the author endows his characters with life, they stand up and begin speaking of their own accord.
The God of Gate H1
You wake up early and lug your luggage downstairs to wait for your Uber driver. Mild anxiety hangs in the air like the smell of last night's burnt coffee. Will he arrive? Almost to the minute of his scheduled arrival at 6:20, he pulls up in his new white CRV and helps you load your … Continue reading The God of Gate H1
Last Christmas
Last Christmas angels parted golden skies With festal shouts of hope, goodwill, and peace. Night shepherds’ little lambs with whitest fleece Pressed in around my son to soothe his cries. Then men from ancient lands who analyze The stars appeared to us to our increase, For gold and fragrances that would release Us from our … Continue reading Last Christmas