When we reflect on our lives, we tend to think in terms of the big events: graduations and weddings, moving house and getting that promotion; or the terrible tragedies that knocked the wind out of…
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…
Book Review: Transformed By Truth (Katherine Forster)
Teenagers are underestimated in the church. Even if they’re fed with solid biblical teaching at youth group, we don’t always teach them to feed themselves from the Word. We assume they won’t understand the deep…
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…
Review: An Epic Documentary
Back in March I reviewed Tim Challies’ fascinating book Epic: An Around-the-World Journey Through Christian History. Tim also made a documentary that accompanies the book, which I’m grateful to have received for review. The book…
What Differences Does the Trinity Make in Temptation?
We can define the doctrine of the Trinity easily enough: “God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.” Actually comprehending it…
A Few Suggestions for Pandemic Reading
My goal is to read 60 books this year, and I’m already 9 books ahead of schedule. Even though this pandemic hasn’t completely shut down my life, it has given me a little more time…
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,…
April Links #2
Once or twice a month, I gather up links to some of my favourite reading and resources from the past fortnight. I’d love to know what you’ve been reading in the comments too. Articles 10…