When Doubt is a Good Thing
- August 13, 2018
- by
- Joe Danehower
Recently, I’ve spent far too many hours in various airports painfully watching a departure time creep further and further into the night. Not only has this resulted in a lack of sleep and delirious terminal wanderings, but also in contemplating why the inability to control something so trivial as a flight time bothers me beyond just the physical circumstance. I love control. I love certainty. If I can’t have these things, anger, frustration, and timidity begin to feverishly dominate my internal dialogue. As negative feelings arise when belief collides with reality, I must believe...
To the One We Trust
- August 12, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
Alexander MacLaren’s brief yet dense exposition of Psalm 37:4, 5, 7 offers the following sequence – delighting in God, trusting Him, giving him everything...
His Power is Made Perfect
- August 07, 2018
- by
- Whitney Hsu
This past week, my family had an awful experience. We went on vacation, and our house got robbed. Burglarized. Broken into and violated and...
Weeds
- August 06, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
Weeds always manifest themselves. They never hide beneath the earth and destroy in secret. They wreak havoc on gardens and choke the life out...
The Case for VBS
- August 05, 2018
- by
- Whitney Hsu
If you didn’t grow up in the church, or didn’t go to church in the South, or at a church with a great children’s...
Discipline in Disobedience
- July 30, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
“When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a...
Grief to Joy
- July 22, 2018
- by
- Ivan Moore
On a recent trip to Boston, my party became patrons of one of the city’s most famous local coffee shops, Dunkin Donuts. My usual...
An Apology
- July 22, 2018
- by
- Tatum Fishel
As kids, we learn the importance of saying “I’m sorry”. As adults, most of us have forgotten the value of it. I was recently...
Stuck in Stillness
- July 16, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
Does your life sometimes feel still? By still, I mean repetitive in one sense. But in another, I mean the absence of movement. Perhaps...
When My Small Self Wants to Do Big Things (But Only God Can)
- July 12, 2018
- by
- Rachel Dawson
I’ve always been bothered by the idea of smallness.
I’ve heard people pray that the Lord would keep them small. I heard a song on...