In all our talk of encouraging others, have we neglected the exhortation to also be encouraged?
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10 Strategies Against Satan
One of C. S. Lewis’s most popular works, The Screwtape Letters, presents us with many of the schemes that Satan uses against Christians, through the lens of a senior demon advising his nephew on how…
Rest for the Burdened
I’m sure I’m not alone in often overestimating how much I can carry in the supermarket. I breeze right past the baskets and trolleys, thinking I’m only picking up a few items, but pretty soon…
Perplexed But Not Despairing
You can often find me vacuuming my house in the middle of the night. Even when I’ve closed my laptop later than planned and my eyelids are drooping, I crave my nightly cleaning routine. My…
Our Weeping Saviour
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.
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…