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June 2013

June 05, 2013

Christ is both our goal and our way

Christ is everything to the believer. Our lives follow his. This short reflection from Augustine's...

March 2013

March 06, 2013

Run your race with intensity

The apostle Paul compares our life in Christ to a footrace. Like any race this...

December 2012

December 19, 2012

In Christ we ascend beyond the angels

It is sometimes easy to focus on how sinful we are. Our frailty and failings...

December 05, 2012

It’s the little sins that kill you

Judas Iscariot didn't begin with betrayal in mind, and David didn't intend adultery and murder....

April 2012

April 01, 2012

April fools for Christ

The Bible presents us two kinds of folly, both very different. We meet the first...

March 2012

March 22, 2012

Making grace stick

Sometimes we face problems in life that really rub us wrong, abrasive and hurtful experiences...

March 16, 2012

Hippies, monks, and Lent

Here we are in the middle of Lent and I'm stuck on hippies. I've always...

March 05, 2012

Fighting Downton Abbey passions

At the dawn of the surprise-hit series Downton Abbey Mary Crawley has a momentary and...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Grace and the blame game

There’s a view of God’s sovereignty that can leave us with nothing to do. Since...

November 2011

November 15, 2011

Make room for suffering

There is a strain of Christianity that promises material blessing as a sign of God's...

November 11, 2011

Why we don’t bear fruit

One of Jesus' many well-known parables is the parable of the sower, which imagines a...

November 01, 2011

Testing in the Christian life

My son Fionn held up two toy cars. "Which one is faster?" he asked. I...

July 2011

July 26, 2011

Hope that does not disappoint

Our days are marked by trouble. Illness in the family, perhaps dire, a child struggling...

July 25, 2011

Christians making a difference

Whether it's the political activism of the eighties and nineties or the social activism of...

July 21, 2011

How marriage works on you

I've written in the past about the mystery of marriage, how it transforms its participants....

July 05, 2011

The gospel of radical submission

The Scripture commands husbands to love their wives, wives to respect their husbands, children to...

July 01, 2011

Are you making progress?

What does the perfect Christian life look like? When asked the question by a friend,...

February 2011

February 21, 2011

The sanctifying power of marriage

When I think of marriage I think of grace, particularly the phrase “grace for the...

January 2011

January 10, 2011

Participating in the light of Christ

Moses first meets God in the glow of a burning bush. After spending time with...

December 2010

December 30, 2010

Celebrating the circumcision of Christ

It may sound like a curious thing to celebrate, but the circumcision of Christ is...

August 2010

August 26, 2010

Guard the eyes, douse the flames

Theatergoers will be able to break out their 3D glasses and watch Avatar again this...

July 2010

July 29, 2010

We are not our sins

I recently learned that an acquaintance of mine had announced a pretty significant life change,...

July 22, 2010

Every little step counts

In movies the hero butts up against a problem, something that threatens his peace, safety,...

July 20, 2010

The saintly imperative

I think that the concept of personal holiness is a bit misleading. In the Orthodox...

July 07, 2010

Growing into Christ

When you’re a kid you rarely glimpse just how challenging, grief-stricken, and dangerous the world...

July 02, 2010

Why God gives us kids

A publisher and a rabbi walk into a kosher restaurant. . . . That’s not...

June 2010

June 27, 2010

Encouraging belief

I’ve been thinking for a while about how to encourage belief in my two children,...

August 2009

August 17, 2009

Name it and claim it—for real

The so-called Prosperity Gospel uses a catchphrase that rankles its naysayers: “Name it and claim...