Compartments
My desk is usually organized using the highly technical "stack method": there's a stack for scrap paper, a stack for my to-do list, a...
The Bleak Midwinter
Tucked inside the Christmas section of many hymnals is a poem by Christina Rossetti, later set to music by the great Gustav Holst: "In...
Balance
The Church of England has gone off the deep end once again, this time offering the rite of baptism as a way to celebrate a sex change...
Clutter
Every January, I go through all my files, both paper and electronic, and get rid of things I no longer need. This year I went a step...
Friendship Issues
Friendship has been a major topic of research for some time now. It's easy to understand why: no one has friends anymore. It is said the...
We Don't Sing about Heaven Anymore
I love contemporary Christian music (CCM). I have a list of songs I wish we'd sing in worship, as a matter of fact. But I also have a...
A Brainwashed Faith
A friend of mine, Claire*, recently sent me a disheartening message on Facebook: "It scares me thinking I have to essentially brainwash...
Of Snow and Lions
One of the most curious details included in the Bible, in my opinion, is in 2 Samuel 23:20. In a list of David's Mighty Men, we find...
Realism
If there's one thing I've never been called in my life, it's "optimist." Do I try to hope for the best? Absolutely. But the best rarely...
The Little Things
There's an old saying: "it's the little things in life that bring the most pleasure." (Or something like that.) For my money, that's...