When I close my eyes to pray, I find myself standing alone in the desert outside of Jerusalem. I am looking up at Christ’s body on the Cross. It is dark; the a...
I did not know what Lent was until I came to college. I did not know what it meant to empty oneself for the Spirit, or to ponder the price of literal death. I ...
Today's reading is John 19:28-42 (NRSV):
28 After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), “I am thirsty...
Today's reading is Luke 23:26-49 (ESV):
The Crucifixion
26 And as they led him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, a...
The word "waste" is both a noun and a verb. The noun form of "waste" can mean "trash," which deepens the verb "to waste" beyond simply failing to appropriately ...
Next week I plan to begin a series of posts on the thorny process of making ethical decisions in the gray areas as a Christian. For now, here's an oldie but a ...
WOD (Workout of the Day):
Lunge with weighed bar t to first cone. Hold the weight overhead and walk balk to start.
Lunge with weighted bar to second con...
Jesus’ insistence that “the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45, Matthew 20:28) is a peren...
I have been laboring to demonstrate in this series that Jesus specializes in turning all expectations about his own person and mission wildly upside down. Jesu...
Good books should be reread throughout our lives for an assortment of reasons. One particular consideration that ought to drive us into the cultivation of this...
