Spiritual Fitness Training, part 1
A friend recently asked me to help him handle his anger. While waiting in a slowly moving line at the grocery store, he found himself fuming in a way that…
Not the Myers-Briggs Type
It’s been a while since anyone has asked me what my Myers-Briggs “type” is. If anyone does ask, I’m not sure how I’ll answer. I never was a big fan…
New Year, New Calendar: Time to Number our Days
I have several calendars; some paper, some digital. Since using the calendar on my phone, I’ve wrestled to determine which tool serves me best. To be sure, the phone…
Music: Gift or God?
I’ve been reading a lot about music lately – why it moves us so much, how it can change us, why it’s so enduring, why life without it would seem…
More Perplexity, Please
The news is filled with reports of terrorist attacks, shootings, and sexual assaults. At least, this morning’s news had those topics on the home screen. Are things getting worse…
In Praise of Complexity
Does complexity pose a difficulty for evangelism? And do the many paradoxical situations in our world make our task of outreach more daunting? I don’t think so. But it’s not…
Time and Times
I’ve benefited greatly from time management seminars, books, and resources that help me “make the most of 24 hours.” I also use calendars and consult, evaluate, and restructure them constantly.…
Empathetic, Engaging, Entertaining Evangelism
I just saw Max McLean’s one-man stage performance of The Most Reluctant Convert, which dramatically recounts the conversion of C. S. Lewis. It was excellent. If you live near…
Mere Christianity’s Lasting Vitality
I just finished reading a biography about a book. Does that sound odd? It did to me when I first heard about George Marsden’s recent publication C. S. Lewis’s Mere…
The Very Human, Very Important Gift of Conversation
I have written elsewhere on the insight I’ve gained about conversation from Sherry Turkle’s helpful book Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age. In this blog I…