Through what he made directly in creation, God leaves clues about his power. But he doesn’t stop there. He continues to cultivate in us an awareness of his person through the things he creates indirectly, i.e. through people as demonstrated in human culture––art, community, science, traditions, mores, and more. “The human race as a whole …
A Pinprick in the Bleak
"Hope is a revolutionary patience… Hope begins in the dark, knowing that the dawn will come." Anne Lamott No clock or calendar can tell whether we’re at the beginning, the middle, or near the end of any bleak experience. Unlike the obsidian darkness, which arrived all at once, after six months or so the light …
Love’s Lure
Sharing the hope of a better future may be a more effective way to nudge people toward Jesus than threatening them with the prospect of judgment. Fear of hell may work for some, but the message of hope of heaven, to say nothing of a better future here on earth, is more likely to connect …
Critical Thinking Christians Think For Themselves
“People have a tendency to stop thinking when it becomes difficult, but it is at that point that thinking becomes fruitful.” Leo Tolstoy “The skeptic looks at something and says, ‘I wonder.’ The cynic says, ‘I know,’ and then stops thinking.” Dean Nelson Job’s “friends” bombarded him with lazy-thinking platitudes. At one point, he’d had …
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Joy Returns
I hadn’t felt what I would even loosely call “joy” since entering the tunnel, and I wasn’t ready to run up any happy banners quite yet. Life at that point was too dark for joy. Joy was like a distant relative I hadn’t seen since childhood. People who live in the extreme hemispheres don’t see …
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