Heart
The Prepared Heart
Planning I’m a “take the hill” kind of guy. This is neither a good nor bad thing. It just is. It’s how I’m wired. It does, however, present me with specific challenges at work. I manage projects, and the first step in managing projects is planning. But me? Nah! What are we building? A Gazooberator?…
Read MoreWhat Jesus Really Meant Was . . .
Last week I found myself engaged in a rather contentious debate with a Twitter user who seemed incapable of understanding that Jesus taught us that sin is a matter of the heart, comes from the heart, and is overcome by gaining a new heart. What He Really Meant Was . . . Sometimes Jesus said…
Read MoreGuard Your LifeSource
Each time I sign a book for a reader, I write, “Guard your heart with diligence, for it is the wellspring of life. Pr. 4:23” on the first page, above my signature. The key term in the Proverb, “nasar,” embodies the idea of protection and preservation. It is to watch over something or someone in…
Read MoreDon’t Mind the Wrapping
To this day, I hold a vivid memory of an event in middle school wherein the Physical Education teacher lined all of the students against the gymnasium wall as he slowly walked by us and evaluated us physically with nothing but a look. Each of us young men folded our arms across our chests so…
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