Every Other Friday

“Satan prowls about seeking whom he may destroy.” You’re not going to find that one on an inspirational calendar, but we need to keep it front of mind because it’s part of the reason that spiritual growth never happens by accident. Spiritual growth takes thoughtful, scheduled effort; but before we unpack that, we need a really important definition: What is spiritual growth? First, being a Christian is not about being saved, going to heaven, or avoiding hell. It is not even ab

My first high school job was delivering pizza for Dominos. I wanted a little extra money and I enjoyed getting out of the house on school nights. We’d usually start with four or five drivers each night, each taking a couple deliveries per run, and we were always crushing to make our thirty minute guarantee. It was an easy job, and we saw a few things knocking on strangers’ doors every night. All that said, I wasn’t a great employee. I just wanted to get back home with a few d

Naval Ravicant said that "the real currency of life is attention." In the middle of so many waving flags, one thing that can command our undivided focus, even for a short time, is powerful. Road signs can be like that. In the middle of miles and miles of blank asphalt there is one distinct shape announcing that there is something ahead that requires a decision. Things that make us sit up and pay attention are increasingly rare, and almost always important. In Joshua 3 God giv

John was the most stylistic of the gospel writers - he would be a number 4 on the Enneagram. He’s insightful enough to point out the big...

“Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King...