A few years back a spiritual mentor of mine prayed that I would be willing to fail. That prayer caused by heart to skip a beat. As a trained engineer and problem solver, my natural inclination is to keep working at something until it’s done. That’s how I toiled through all-nighters in the computer labs at . . . → Read More: S.M.A.R.T. Goals and Spiritual Success
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I couldn’t stop looking at this verse this morning on the bus: For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15) Wow. The Gospel is . . . → Read More: The Spirit of Adoption As some of you know, I’m constantly reading multiple books simultaneously. For better or for worse, I find that this keeps my brain moving and interacting with new ideas and ways of thinking. In some ways, it means I have a short attention span, yet in other ways, it means I’m thirsty to learn new things. . . . → Read More: What I’m Reading Now and Why "With us, God" For me, as the year wraps up and Christmas draws near, Jesus usually gets swallowed up in all the hoopla. There’s always some last minute talk of gifts or preparations or whatnot, and the whole point, Emmanuel–literally “with us, God”–gets swept under the rug. I always get to this point, and the end . . . → Read More: Material Possessions and Wealth in light of Christmas This post was prompted by reading a post over at Storied Theology entitled “Time, Lord?” I dug up a short paper I wrote about it in my feeble attempt to understand how God and time work. For what it’s worth, one of my favorite movies of all time is Back to the Future, and my favorite Star . . . → Read More: God and Time |
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