The Gospel is for Kids

Kids need the Gospel.  The good news about Jesus Christ is for them.  The Gospel is for sinners.  It’s for churchgoers, it’s for pagans.  It’s for Canadians, it’s for Kenyans.  It’s for the unemployed, it’s for the CEO.  The Gospel is for everyone.  The Gospel is for...

Repainting a Relatively White Ceiling

At our house we are in the process of moving two of our girls into a room together, and I am currently painting this room purple.  When it comes to painting a room, my wife and I have a difference of opinion regarding the ceiling.  If the ceiling is white, I don’t see...

Farming and the Spiritual Life

This week’s post comes to you from the Central Valley of California, where I have been traveling this week.  Now I have seen farms before, but the amount of planted acreage in this place is amazing.  Peaches, apricots, grapes, pistachios, almonds and more for...

Six Reasons to Meditate on the Brevity of Life

Even Christians sometimes live as though this life will last forever.  But the Bible teaches that we are sojourners on this earth.  The Psalmist pleads with God to “make me know my end  and what is the measure of my days;  let me know how fleeting I am!”  Here are 6...