Welcome to our original blog! As of 2022, our current blog, Words of Grace, is hosted on Substack. We hope you are encouraged by our posts from 2017-2021.
Because You Can
As a father, one of my greatest joys is seeing my kids grow. Not grow in inches, but in maturity. Seeing them perform an act of kindness when they thought no one was looking. Witnessing them do their chores without being asked. Hearing them ask their mom if there...
You Know It’s Bad When You Give It a Name
Every September we vow we will replace it before next summer. But then June hits and we have forgotten the agony it causes us. We have forgotten the debilitating noise and the lost conversations, and now it's too late. Because it technically still works and because...
Beware of Idle Worship
Christians are well aware of the biblical prohibitions against idol worship. But too many of us are unaware of our idle worship. Perhaps, like me, one of your biggest idols is idleness: the desire to have time to myself, doing not much. Technically speaking, this is...