Riffraff

Our church sponsors a home in Cambodia that brings in homeless children from the streets and provides for them shelter, education, Christian influence — a home life, essentially. It’s not an orphanage exactly, in that these children are not adopted out to families. This is their family. The “parents” are American missionaries. [...]

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The Three of Our Love

Once upon a time. And so begins every great tale. These are not dormant words. They are pregnant with the vigor and virility of a great saga about to burst forth into reality. All wait in anticipation of their indwelling potency to be revealed, like a baby’s first gasping of breath. [...]

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Treasures of Darkness

As I write this, I am in a café, sitting in the corner, trying hard not to make a scene. I am weeping, suppressing groans and cries and wails so that I won’t be asked to leave. I came to read and study for a class I have in a few hours. Instead, I am [...]

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Very Present Help

Something has been on my mind lately, but at the back of it, sticking me like a splinter in my brain. It wasn’t until I started praying this morning that I realized what it was.
I had planned on praying in the truck on the way to work, and so I spent some time before [...]

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Time Wounds All Heels

There are some things that time can not mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold. -Frodo, The Return of the King
Frodo and Sam have come a long way on their journey. For months the two hobbits fought all that Mordor would bring against them in their quest to save the [...]

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I Remember Your Name

Sometimes I wake, and lo, I have forgot
And drifted out upon an ebbing sea!
My soul was at rest now resteth not,
For I am with myself and not with thee;
Truth seems a blind moon in a glaring morn,
Where nothing is but sick-heart vanity:
Oh, thou who knowest, save thy child forlorn
-George Macdonald, Diary of an Old Soul
Lord [...]

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On Brokenness

There’s a lot of talk on brokenness these days. But not enough. Not enough because, for one, I don’t think most of us know what brokenness is and therefore are scared to ask for it from God. And for another, not enough because there are still too many believers walking around wounded and fearful, controlling [...]

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