My eyesight grows worse every year. I’ve heard your vision is meant to plateau by your mid-twenties, but so far my prescription keeps slipping down towards negative double digits. But as my body weakens, I…
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Where to Look in Suffering
This post was originally published at The Gospel Coalition Australia. When hard times come, where do you turn for help and comfort? Our self-esteem culture tells us to look inside ourselves to find the strength…
God’s Grace in a Cup of Tea
Today I had one of those afternoons where everything feels right and easy. I’d been thinking about an issue that I needed some wisdom on, so I texted my friend (and mentor) Kim. She invited…
Visible Compassion for Invisible Illnesses
This article was first published on GoThereFor.com, an online library of free ideas and resources for disciple-making disciples. They suffer day in and day out, but are rarely mentioned in the church bulletin prayer list….
What Reepicheep Taught Me About Identity
In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, part of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series, Eustace Scrubb wanders away from the rest of the crew when their ship docks on an island. He’s a very unpleasant person,…
To All the Books I’ll Never Read
My to-read list on Goodreads currently contains 863 books. Considering I usually read about fifty books a year, I’ll be 42 by the time I finish only that list—yet I’m constantly adding to it, not…
A Living Memorial
Earlier this month I read a moving thread on Twitter about an elderly man in Sheffield, England. As an eight-year-old in 1944, Tony Foulds was playing in the park with his friends when a…
Be Patient With Your Slow Spiritual Growth
I recently talked with my mentor about how frustratingly slow my sanctification can be. Even when I know something is true in my head, it doesn’t always shape my heart or steer my hands. Our…
Awe in the Ordinary
Over the new year, I went away on a holiday with my family. We didn’t go anywhere particularly fancy, just rented a house down the coast. But in the course of that week, I experienced…
Charles Spurgeon’s Wisdom for the New Year
Charles Spurgeon, a nineteenth-century pastor who has been dubbed the ‘Prince of Preachers’, also left behind an extensive legacy of writings. I particularly love his devotional book Morning and Evening for its wisdom and biblical…