I recently read the book of Ephesians as part of my daily Bible reading, and chapter 4 really made me stop and think. It’s not as though it’s the first time I’ve read this book; part of my schooling as a kid was to memorize it. It’s no fault of the system, only the fault…
Month: August 2020
Gracious Response: A Practical Follow-up
Last week I shared a few cautionary thoughts on how we relate to and interact with each other, particularly on the internet. If you missed that post, or need a refresher, I’d encourage you to pause right now and go read it again, because today I want to take a look at two areas in…
A Word of Caution Concerning Internet Activity
“Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” If we ever needed to keep something in constant view, it might be this sentence from 1 Samuel 16 in the middle of a pandemic-induced quarantine coinciding with a presidential election. As humans, we’re really good at judging people. We come by…
Recent Reads, Volume IX
A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… Untangling Emotions (J. Alasdair Groves & Winston T. Smith) – I’ve been trying to finish…