Justice Beyond Batman
When Batman stops a robbery or, as in The Dark Knight Rises, inspires his city to follow his example, he is being a force for good and justice. But how many other robberies happen all over the city that he …
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Connecting the Finite with the Joy of the Eternal
Music is a connective tissue between our earthly, tangible lives and the intangible movement of the divine in and through all things. As the late poet and philosopher John O’Donohue said: There is something deeper still in the way that …
Caregiver, What Do You Need to Cross Off Your List?
This article is an excerpt from the book, We’re Stronger than We Look: Insights and Encouragement for the Caregiver’s Journey. Jill and David Brown lived full and healthy lives until David took a violent fall off his bicycle and into …
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When a Friendship Isn’t Reciprocated
You’ve put yourself out there, gone to the girls’ nights and the Bible studies, and you are still struggling to make a friendship connection. You are giving your best and women aren’t reciprocating the efforts. This friendship thing can be …
What Are You Afraid Of?
As we grapple with submitting to a God who invites us to come and die, there’s another layer of fear that often scares us away from God. For generations, our definition of Christian has been overshadowed by medieval threats of …
How Does the Lord of the Rings Awaken Us to Christianity?
While parable is arguably the best way to describe how The Lord of the Rings relates to Christianity, there is certainly no argument about the series being a mythical story. But the meaning of the word myth needs some clarification …
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5 Things Caregivers and Their Loved Ones Need to Know
This article is an excerpt from the book, We’re Stronger than We Look: Insights and Encouragement for the Caregiver’s Journey. Jill and David Brown lived full and healthy lives until David took a violent fall off his bicycle and into …
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Are You Up to the Call of Caregiving?
Sheila glowed with youth and life. So did her husband, though his bulky power wheelchair somewhat cramped Tim’s style. The four of us had arranged to meet for dinner at a restaurant, where we could trade stories and get to …
Fight the Narrative
Friendships begins in our heads. The stories we tell ourselves about who we are or whose we are, significantly impact how we live. What you think about who you are as a friend—according to the stories you replay in your …
On Moses, Messiahs, and Memorizing Scripture
Stewarding a Christian publishing program will mess with your head if you let it. You find yourself (well, I find myself) imagining a desired future for the people of God. And it becomes frighteningly easy for you (me) to assume …