Spiritual Growth

Somewhere between Rob Reiner’s The Bucket List and David Platt’s Radical is my life, a comfortable mix of service and pleasure. To label most of my thoughts as selfish is not accurate, of course, nor is it correct to call them altruistic. But when I wo …

I recently attended the baby shower of a young woman in our church who I don’t know very well. As part of the shower (which was for men and women), the host had guests affirm the soon-to-be (fourth-time) parents. Many of the people present lauded the y …

Last Saturday morning, my youngest daughter and I went out to run some errands together. It was only 11:10, and we were driving by an ice cream shop. She took a chance and asked if we could get some ice cream. She knew the answer would be “no,” but dec …