Socialism puts forward the idea that we will all be better off if we are equal. It sounds like a good plan, ideal, even Christian

Look around you. The message of the Incarnation is demonstrated in nearly everything you can see.

My desire is to live my conviction consistently, i.e. thoroughly converted.

The question now in God’s mind is, How can I prove to my people that salvation and justification have changed them fundamentally, transformed them at their core?

I recently heard a wonderful sermon, filled with exemplary theology, and four or five declarations of spiritual truth. But for each theological truth declared, the speaker leveled derision regarding the struggle to implement the truth into real practice.

The governance of shame is meted out in ruthless self-criticism, condemnation, ranting, raving, self-cursing, and condescension.

I only want to know enough to get me by.

Any turn that is by divine definition a yielding of willfulness, is by definition a sufficient turn for God to seize upon His opportunity.

I have returned to the observation attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. “We are called to be witnesses for Christ, and every so often we must use words.”

For this article, I want to emphasize literature, thoughtfulness, and time.

Part of what’s troubling about being under the house in the dark is that you can’t see.

We, who were once dark and lost, are now bearers of His light and life.

When I knock on a door, especially God’s door, I expect the one who is everywhere, all the time, to answer the door.

On the road to recovering your depleted soul, self-care is essential.

It isn’t only what happened to my actual work, but what happened to my work day and my work rhythm.

Unless I decided to walk away from thousands and thousands of dollars, I had no alternative but to stay in the cage.

Eventually, this broke a water pipe feeding one of the toilets and I heard the water running.

You read my blog to consider along with me because you desire to make progress, to change, and to transform.

What does Christianity truly teach and believe about injustice, inequality, race, difference, and other social questions?

Looking to God may seem right, but it may not be sensible.