Experimental Living

As I sit silently in the warm glow from my rose-hued lamp, my mind wanders back to last summer, and I think of how carefree I was as compared to the state that my heart is in now. Heavier things weigh me down, and the future is looming closer. Each day brings me closer to [...]

Every year I’ve followed tradition, chained to its compulsive demand of painstakingly writing out resolutions to be filed away and checked off diligently as each is fulfilled. However, this year I’m breaking free and doing something drastically different.
No, I’m not refusing to make a list. I’m making a list, all right. In fact, I’m [...]

For the past year, I’ve been writing a novel. The only reason it’s taken me so long, and that I still have yet to finish, is because I took a few months off from the writing process. Now that I’m finally back at work, I’ve been finding that this book is taking up quite a [...]

All my life, I’ve struggled to be as original as possible. It’s always been some sort of subconscious compulsion: if someone else is doing it, then it’s old and uncreative and something new needs to be done. Even when I was in grade school, I’d refuse to emulate people and drag my heels against the [...]

In Chapter 2 of The Pursuit of God, A. W. Tozer calls on Christians to strip themselves of all material lust and focus solely on desiring God, and God alone.  This chapter, aptly titled “The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing”, has convicted me to the point of extreme discomfort.  Perhaps the most effective quote is this:
The [...]

Lately, I’ve been having some interesting discussions with friends on clichés.  To be specific, “Christian” phrases that are cliché.  
For example, how often have you heard…
 
“God bless you!”
“May God have mercy on your soul.”
“You’ll burn in Hell for that!”
“That’s a sin, brother!”
“Let’s share what the Lord’s been teaching us.”
“You’re a very dear sister/brother in the [...]

…God has blessed me abundantly.  I can’t fathom why he would choose someone as insignificant as me to generously bestow with a loving family, amazing friends, and a life where I have never known hunger, sickness, or tragedy.  But most of all, He has given me the ultimate gift: salvation through Jesus Christ.  All of [...]

I’m often stunned by how blessed my country is. 
Sure, we’re headed towards death and destruction, and this election’s top presidential candidate may well be a closet Muslim.  But look closely at the big picture.
When put in the proper perspective, America is simply the most fortunate, prosperous, and democratically-principled country on the map.  In a financial [...]