The scent of Christmas is in the air, and I’m thinking about death. No twinkling lights or perfectly wrapped gifts can quite banish that lurking shadow.
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The Missing Ingredient in Your Christian Reading
How many books have you read so far this year? How many of those really changed the way you think and live as a follower of Jesus? Sometimes when I close the cover of a…
Two Invisible Enemies: How Satan Might Use a Pandemic
We hum a song while washing our hands to make sure we’ve hit the twenty second mark. We move right to the edge of the footpath when somebody passes us. A simple shopping trip makes…
Can We Trust a Happy Ending?
The ending to The Lord of the Rings always leaves me with a deep ache in my chest. Tolkien doesn’t give us a classic happy ending where everything is resolved and peaceful. Sauron has been…
Abide With Me
Almost two years ago I got one of those blindsiding, out-of-the-blue phone calls. It was Thursday morning, a few hours before I was heading to church to attend the funeral of an older man in…
Steady March
On a recent trip to the coast with friends, we stargazed at the beach late one night. The six of us lay side by side on the sand, bundled up in sweaters and blankets against…
Grace Matters Right Now
Growing up, I had a faulty understanding of how sanctification worked. I tended to rely on my own willpower or create systems to change my behaviour. When I inevitably failed, I’d come back to God…
The View From the Ferris Wheel
In the third season of Parks and Recreation, Leslie Knope and her team are preparing for the Harvest Festival. The success of the event will determine whether their department continues to exist. The stakes are…
We Know How This Ends
We’re in the middle of one of those history-defining eras. Things are going to be different from here on, we just don’t know exactly how yet. Recently, I’ve been reading Erik Larson’s new book The…
Which Words Matter More?
I’ve been discouraged over the past few months about how hard I’ve found it to write. I know there’s a worldwide pandemic going on, and writer friends assured me that they’re facing the same struggles,…