Month: January 2018
For My Young Immigrant Friends
Saying Things That Shouldn’t Need to Be Said I can’t believe I’m writing this in 2018, but none of my immigrant friends have ever threatened me—either my physical safety or my personal beliefs. They’ve not...
To Grapple with Refugeeism, Mourn Better
If we are truly going to face the matter of refugeeism in light of the Kingdom, it is important at the outset to understand the gravity of global displacement. And to mourn. I submit that...
Think Investments Over Goals
Last year, I had the idea to write a pair of ebooks. The ebooks were intended to supplement the blog, drive traffic to it, and expand my writing platform. It was a good goal. The...
Writing Tracker (Dec. 31 – Jan. 6)
Writers write. That’s the bottom line. At the start of 2018, I set a few concrete writing goals. As part of fulfilling those goals, I hope to publish my writing stats each week to 1)...
Understanding the Protests in Iran: A Brief Reading List
For many Americans, Iran is part of the modern “axis of evil.” It’s a country that, along with North Korea, is dubbed a bastion of terror and corruption. We hear about Iran daily in the...
It Was Time to Act Yesterday
How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? – Psalm 137:4 During the predawn hours of September 2, 2015, the body of a young boy washed ashore on a...
It’s Never Too Late for Your Resolution
There’s something about the clock striking midnight on the last day of the year. There’s a certain magic with the drop of a glittering ball in Times Square, as though the whole sum of your...
Four Traps of Our Bible-Reading Plans
Each Christian, desiring to grow in knowledge of God and his Word, can go quickly and often to the Bible. Bibles are abundant. Nearly 90 percent of American families have a Bible in the house....
Goal-Setting in Writing
Starting Out From July 2013 through 2016, my primary writing goals were as follows: Maintain my blog by writing a new post every week. Write some fiction on the side. Pretty generic: I know. For...
Refuge
There are more displaced people in the world today than there are people in the United Kingdom. Despite a serious uptick in news coverage due to “popular” conflicts like the war in Syria and the...