You Take Me as I Am: Insecurity, My Boring Story, and Coming to Grips with Grace
How could I think that my prideful, selfish, unloving heart being raised to new life is anything less than supernatural? How could I want more drama than that? How could I want a more spectacular demonstration of power than that?
How to Stop Worrying
Some of the best advice I've heard all year. I don't want to worry. Neither do you. So how do we stop?
Beauty Will Redeem the World: My Favorite Scene from TV This Year
Beauty is its own argument, for as much as we ignore or deny or question its power, we melt in its presence. Human hearts may be nearly impossible to change; but beauty changes them. Beauty pierces us. Beauty reorients our values and purposes. It can drive us and inspire us. Beauty, weak as it may seem, has the power to do what almost nothing else can.
Six Practical Ways to See Beauty in Art
All real artists are putting everything they have into their art. They’re not spending hours crafting their perfect painting or song or book without great thought and intentionality. They’re not doing this because they have nothing better to do with their time. They’re doing this because there’s something profound they’re trying to figure out how to communicate. And if that’s the case, maybe we should listen.
Why We Love the City (pt. 2)
More and more people are flocking to the City. And what happens in the City spreads like a virus everywhere else. So one of the most strategic ways we can be a part of God's redemptive work in this world is to live as devoted followers of Jesus in the City.
Divine Appointments
What if it is no accident that we all live and work precisely when and where we do? What if there is a reason behind it all? How would this affect our prayers and expectations?