Spiritual Growth

My sophomore year of college, I got to travel to Ireland for a semester-long study abroad program. It was one of the best experiences of my life. Ireland remains the most beautiful places I’ve ever been. My classmates and I studied Irish history and Ir …

In Part 1 of this series, we considered the significant place physical beauty has in our lives. I suggested the overemphasis of physical beauty is unwise, especially if it leads to the neglect of our hearts. Several of your comments defended physical b …

A few blogs ago, I told you about how argumentative I used to be (“A Change in Focus”). Well, even though God is slowly mixing humility into my character ingredients list, I still have moments where the old self “shines” through. One of those moments h …

Christians use lots of quotes. Pastors use them in their sermons constantly. Writers illustrate their points with them. Nothing wrong with that. They are quite helpful and encouraging in making a point. Save when the quote has no basis in fact. We as e …

How do God and country go together?

I was searching the Interwebs, looking for blog post inspiration, when I found an article on RELEVANT magazine titled “Why I Still Love the Old Testament.” Problem solved. In his article, Tyler Huckabee says someone once told him that 70 percent of ser …

Several years ago, I first watched the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. It tells the powerful story of a group of paratroopers who fought in World War II, the men of Easy Company. While it had several scenes that were hard to watch, there were several …