Curb Your Anger

While I am often glad to jump into online sports debates, I typically stay out of all other social media debates. For one, my position a missionary puts some restrictions on what is allowable and advisable online behavior. Second, I simply don’t like how flat out...

It’s Our Responsibility

For many centuries between the writing of the New Testament and the Reformation there were two spheres of life: religious and secular. Religious tasks were, more or less, solely the duty of the clergy. Most people could not even participate in communion or read the...

What are you Sowing?

There is a story about a mother and her young daughter planting a garden. The mother has spent all winter meticulously planning her garden, with the aspiration that it will be the talk of the town. She has designed intricate patterns and shapes, laying out her plans...

Own Your Mistakes

I recently had a friend write a confession on social media. He went into great detail about how he had messed up, how that mistake had affected others, what he had done about it, and what he was doing to address the issue in the future. I found such a social media...

From Grumbling to Grace: Stop Your Grumbling!

So, we had a Super Bowl on Sunday. I didn’t bother watching it because I’m still bitter that my team, the Green Bay Packers, was not playing. They would have been had Aaron Rodgers simply kept the ball and ran on third and goal. They could have been had they gone for...