Multiple Blueprints
I wrote previously about the need to have an overarching blueprint to help make sense of life. Actually we need more than one. Some call it a worldview or a…
Why do they hate us?
In a recent Q & A session, I was asked why Christians often get rejected by non-believers. The questioner sounded surprised or even a bit baffled at the illogic of…
Spiritual Fitness Training, part 4
When Cal Ripkin, the famed Baltimore Orioles’ shortstop, broke Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,130 consecutive games without a day off, many people marveled that he went so long without an…
Spiritual Fitness Training, part 3
I loved watching this past year’s World Series as the Chicago Cubs won their first championship in over a thousand years. (OK. That’s an exaggeration but it sure felt like…
Spiritual Fitness Training, part 2
In the first part of this series, I discussed the need for spiritual conditioning to be in the kind of spiritual “shape” to handle challenges to our faith – temptations,…
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…