Do you have someone in your life that you think of as strong? Of course you do, I can think of at least a handful of people I look up to for their strength. Whether in the church, family, or in business, they are usually in some sort of leadership position. They are the ones [...]
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I Want Only Your Lies
There’s a catchy song out on the radio now called “Rumble and Sway” by Jammie N. Commons. The lyrics aren’t the most wholesome. He’s sizing up a woman and the chorus repeats: Don’t you tell me no truths, I want only your lies. As I heard him singing through the chorus, I thought about how [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Does Christianity Take Fitness?
A January news report from CBS revealed: According to the results of the survey, published Wednesday on Gallup’s website, a reported 36.1 percent of Americans were considered to be overweight last year, and 26.2 percent were classified as obese. This is a real crisis. Did you know that there is actually an Obesity Society that [...]
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Starr Meade, Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds (P&R, 2013) I’ll just go ahead and sound like the bad Christian here. I often cringe at the thought of family devotions. It’s the combination of talking the kids into it, disciplining their behavior during (which majorly involves the skill to stay on topic), and the cheese-factor of many [...]
Read the rest of this entry »An Interview with Gloria Furman
On Monday I reviewed Gloria Furman’s new book, Glimpses of Grace. While I was reading it, I thought it would be fun to do an interview with Gloria. So here is a little glimpse into the author’s thoughts on her book and life in Dubai: 1. Tell us a little bit of what it is [...]
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What is your normal? What mundane duties do you wake up to most mornings? Gloria Furman’s involves sweeping desert sand from her floors, cleaning dried, crusty fruit from unrinsed smoothie cups, and clipping four sets of finger nails and toenails (with another set on the way). Although her life might sound more exciting than ours [...]
Read the rest of this entry »99 Shades of Crazy
I’ve kind of had a theme song going for this baseball and softball season—99 Shades of Crazy, by JJ Grey and Mofro. No, it’s not Christian, and it has a bad word in it. But the title fits me lately. These days I don’t know if I’m bringing the right child to the right place, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Eschatological Feasting
Tim Chester, A Meal with Jesus (Crossway, 2011) If you thought I was through with my passion to learn about the eschatological factor of feasting, especially how it is portrayed in the gospel of Luke, you are sadly mistaken. Interestingly, I can be the same way with my theology as I am with food. I [...]
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The wish I hear most parents say they want for their children is happiness. It makes me sad really, because so often they don’t know what they are talking about. They haven’t thought about true happiness themselves, so they don’t know how to offer it to their children. And so in pursuit of happiness, families [...]
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To Live is Christ
Dennis E. Johnson, Philippians (P&R, 2013) Let me start off by giving the disclaimer that I am a Dennis Johnson fan. For me, he is one of those authors that if his name is attached to a book, I get that warm, cozy feeling and want to buy it. I think my first exposure to [...]
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