For What Was I Created or …
“For what was I created?” or, “For such a time as this?” Our majority culture as well as contemporary church culture will often encourage us to explore the gifts and abilities that make us who we are and challenge us to do those things for which we are uniquely created. That is, we are told…
Continue readingHow We Spend Our Days
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” – Annie Dillard, The Writing Life “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives; and how we spend our lives, of course, determines the person we become.” – Keith Shields, Thirst If I spend my days writing, I…
Continue readingFollow-Up to Much Afraid
The Much Afraid album contains a song called “Crazy Times.” Jars of Clay band members have said in interviews that this song is about how prayer is often “the last place we go.” I understand what they mean. We go about life without a thought about God and think that we are fine – for…
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