Writings, songs, and studies for pursing what matters

The Strange Gift of Suffering

Suffering is not an interruption to the Christian life. It is woven into it. For the follower of Jesus, suffering is not simply pain, loss, or difficulty. It is the lived tension of trusting Christ in a world that is not yet healed, while being reshaped into His likeness along

Following Jesus vs. Behaving Christian

Every once in a while someone asks me, “Are you a Christian?” I almost always answer, “It depends.” Not because I am trying to dodge the question, but because many people already have a definition of Christianity in their head. And that definition may have very little to do with