Sojourning
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When the Foundations are Destroyed
“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” a Our foundational “checks and balances” system is proving impotent in the face of legislative courts and rebellious fiats. As helplessness sets in, I must lean on Leah Teital’s discipline,… Continue reading
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The Whole is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
Carolyn McCulley is the consummate modern woman—author, business woman, public speaker and entrepreneur. So you can bet I took notice when she wrote in a recent True Woman blogpost, “Over the years, I’ve talked to many women about whether or… Continue reading
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Wormwood’s Perfectionism
If I could personify it like C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, I might say that Perfectionism is one of the demons assigned to me. Perhaps that is giving our enemy too much credit…perhaps not. Voltaire, who had his own set… Continue reading
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Cool Christians in Politics?
What a sad fate is ours if Doug Wilson’s indictment is true. “Modern evangelicals have a ravenous hunger to be hipper than thou. They have a deep and covetous hunger to be cool” (A Primer on Worship and Reformation, p.… Continue reading
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Woman, Hope in God
Using 1 Peter 3:1-6 as his text, Pastor John Piper delivered a Mother’s Day sermon in 1986 encouraging women to hope in God: Women who hope in God are women who look away from the troubles and miseries and obstacles… Continue reading
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What a Secular Counselor Will Never Tell You
In his recent blog post, Justin Taylor highlights what is missing from a secular counselor’s message and offers a compelling premise for saints to seek saints for counseling needs. Taylor reminds us that every counselor brings a “message”: an interpretation… Continue reading
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The Thief “Worry”
Newborn Calvin’s digestive system hasn’t quite kicked in yet. Parents Ashley and Andrew were advised to wait the night then bring him in to Urgent Care for a check up this morning. And so the parent’s “job” of worry begins. … Continue reading
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No Right to be Idle
“No man has the right to be idle. Where is it, that in such a world as this, health and leisure and affluence may not find some ignorance to instruct, some wrong to redress, some want to supply,… Continue reading
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Future Grace
We’re waiting for the arrival of our first grandbaby. My oldest daughter Ashley’s due date was 5 days ago. We’d hoped to be traveling the five hours to the Cities to welcome our little Calvin Taylor, but instead we’re still… Continue reading
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The Blue Zones
Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones, was the speaker at my son Seth’s commencement from MCAD. He does not address the role of Christianity in the Blue Zone, indeed he evaded speaking on the role of spiritual happiness at… Continue reading
Shooting Over the Horizon 