A Principal Certainty

It was in 10th grade Chemistry class that I was first introduced to a not-well-understood phenomena that somehow captured my imagination. We were studying subatomic particles — you know, those electrons and protons and such — and we came upon a principle known as the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
This fella, Heisenberg, thought about what it [...]

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Orienteering

I’m reading this awesome book called Foundations for Soul Care by Eric L. Johnson, and in it he says… well, he says a lot, actually… but he here is discussing the centrality of Scripture in the care of souls, and he likens the counselor to someone who helps orient people in their life’s journey. [...]

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The Lover Known as God

Seeking God is such a curious thing. In a very real sense, I cannot seek God without His grace to find me first. Many of us are familiar with John’s refrain that we love Him only because He loved us first (1 John 4:19). But it’s this thing called love that’s got me in such [...]

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Twilight

In the twilight on the path,
“the Way,” walking a balance, a tip-toe
between life and death,
at last something has caught
my eye and breath
and like a breeze in a ship’s mast
compells me toward the deep,
this endless sea of hope before me.
What is this unsatisfied and painful need
aching and oozing like a thorn-sore
for the Guide to come again [...]

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A Few Precious Words

Todd Nettleton, a friend and author of Justice For All, wrote on his blog this week, “If you choose carefully the right words, you don’t need nearly so many.” He was highlighting Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, which every junior high student studies and often memorizes in history class some 150 years after it was [...]

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