Category Archives: Faith

Ending 43

Well, 43 comes to an end for me tonight.  Tomorrow I wake up 44.  Here’s a favorite song to end the year:

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Easter and the End

Today we had our Easter chapel at school (having it right before Easter is often suggested, but that gets in the way of Holy Week gatherings).  I wrote and recorded it in the middle of last week, which feels like … Continue reading

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Reading Resurrection Letters

A wonderful way to spend part of Easter Sunday . . .

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Rest

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Deeper Than What We Make of It

Tish Harrison Warren’s most recent piece on Easter for Christianity Today dropped after I had recorded my Easter “message” for school, but I was glad to see it when it came time to put together the reflective follow-up piece.  In … Continue reading

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Big Picture Warning

As a single guy led by faith to live far from home, I often find myself trusting in the Big Picture more than others.  On the best of days I hope to live a life that more closely resembles the … Continue reading

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The Howling

A song to end the first week of the fourth quarter.  It’s a Rich Mullins classic that you don’t hear that often unless you look for it.  I love the sense of drive in the song.

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Attending to Tears

It’s been interesting to watch some of the theological reflection that’s been going on by the pastor-theologian branch of things in light of the coronavirus.  It is good to have people try and make sense of things.  I appreciated Wright’s … Continue reading

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Walking without an Umbrella

Tonight was the first time in a while that I went out for a walk without an umbrella.  We had a beautiful sunset, which was a nice way to wrap things up before classes start.  The rest of the day … Continue reading

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Lamentations

TIME Magazine recently published a short piece by N. T. Wright about Our Current Moment.  The title says it so well:  Christianity Offers No Answers About the Coronavirus. It’s Not Supposed To.  “That’s not supposed to be true,” you might … Continue reading

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