Your Marriage Has a Third
It seems so innocent. A couple lying in bed, checking emails, scrolling Instagram or news articles, catching up on Duolingo or TikTok — and slowly disintegrating their marriage. But when their on their phone they don’t think they’re harming anyone, and certainly they’re not abandoning anyone. They’re just winding down, doing a little bit of […]
Fire Triangle
Today I was doing some work in my back yard. I had allowed a tree to grow on a fence post, and it was now starting to cause problems with the fence, so I took my chainsaw and removed the tree. What am I to do with the wood? I do not have much use […]
An Apology for Seeming Self-Commendation
Paul wrote, “Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?” (2 Corinthians 3:1). Paul addresses a delicate matter here. In the preceding verses he described the apostolic ministry in striking terms: “spreading the fragrance of the knowledge of Christ” (2:14), being […]
Making the Grade
Graduation season is upon us again. Students across the country are moving tassels and receiving their diplomas. Whether it is the final step in education or just the next step, one thing dwelt upon their minds throughout their journey that determined whether they would get to walk across that stage: their grades. Whether the student […]
Where Have All the Weddings Gone?
One might think that the recent declining divorce rate is good news. At first, we might celebrate. Why? Have people suddenly become more agreeable? Less selfish? Have people suddenly discovered the urge to stick with it through all the tough times for the sake of making the vital institution of marriage work in their lives […]
Click!
I am the father of a ten-year-old. One of my duties as a father is to remind my daughter of a simple trick to being poor in the future: leaving the lights on when you leave a room. I have become the stereotypical father, wandering through the house, poking my head into empty rooms, flipping […]
Temptation’s Power
There are some who do not believe that Jesus existed for a time on this earth as a human being. Yes, He was, and still is, God, but He was born of a woman and lived a life on this earth in the same way we do. It is a perspective we cannot truly understand […]
Imitate
They say, “You are what you eat.” By that logic, I should be a fried chicken by now with as much as I find myself going through drive-thru lines on weekdays. Many attempts have been made by my dietician to convince me to inject more vegetables into my diet, and I do try. Unfortunately, I […]
Ignorance
There are times in our lives when it is appropriate to say that ignorance is bliss. Not knowing something can offer surprise, excitement, contentment, and even a kind of whimsical magic that can be destroyed with knowledge. With knowledge, though, comes a responsibility to the truth, and if there is something that modern folk try […]
The First Tug
On Friday, April 10 at 7:07:27 (Central Time), the Artemis II space mission splashed back down to Earth. The astronauts had just completed a 9-day, 1 hour, 32-minute, and 15-second trip around the moon and the world was watching, holding our breath as the command module Orion hit the atmosphere of Earth. Images of Columbia […]