Would Jesus eat Fig Newtons? The Son of God sure couldn’t resist mentioning fig trees during His life and ministry. Perhaps because they trace back to garden. Adam and the woman stitched figgy leaves to make DIY, pre-Etsy loincloths. This makes fig trees the only tree...
Whizzing. Whirling. Whooshing. If Dr. Seuss wrote a book about the pace our world, I’d expect frolicking words—swift and speedy, zipping and zapping, romping and rocketing—all dotting the pages. Some finger point technology, others the never-ending to-do’s. The cause...
Two plus two equals four everywhere except the kingdom of God. Those who follow Jesus for very long know that God’s additions, subtractions, and multiplications differ from mortal math. In Matthew 19-20, we find people struggling with foundational questions of this...
Wendell Berry is like grit for my fingernails, a writer who helps me breathe in the thickness of life. In his stunning essay, “Contempt for Small Places,” this farmer with a prophetic bent writes: “The health of the oceans depends on the health of rivers; the health...
The loudest voices in our culture herald a consistent message. Go big. Go viral. Get busy. Get distracted. Ooh! Look at this. Ooh! Shiny, shiny, shiny. Perhaps you’ve noticed this, too. The screens and software and computer devices we use are designed to train us to...
