Days Like This & How to Pick Mercy
Mama said there’d be days like this. And God said there’d be mercy to match. But how do you take it in hand and pick it off mercy’s tree?
My Carriage is Broken: Why Complaining is Foolish
Complaining is ugly. It is ugly in others and it is ugly in me. I cannot think of a single time when complaining was becoming. While it never looks pretty, it is all too easy. That’s why I love this little story that shows me why complaining is foolish. It puts grumbling into perspective. John…
MLK on Engaging Suffering and Unearned Pain
Did you remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today? I did. First, I enjoyed King’s voice in his Mountaintop speech (“Only when it’s dark enough can you see the stars.”) and then these voices singing We Shall Overcome. After that, I took notes on this podcast. In it, author Collin Hansen interviews Mika Edmondson on…
Strength to Strength, Through the Valley
They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion. Psalm 84:7 Going from strength to strength is unnatural. Natural is strength to weakness, or strength to weariness. I’ve run three marathons and without fail I start strong and finish weak. The 26.2 takes it out of me. Physically, I always move…