Sacred Meditations

The Poison You'd Never Drink: The Danger of Presuming upon God's Grace

The Poison You'd Never Drink: The Danger of Pre...

Imagine someone sets a glass in front of you. The liquid inside is clear, odorless, tasteless. But you know, with absolute certainty, that it is lethally poisonous. One sip and...

The Poison You'd Never Drink: The Danger of Pre...

Imagine someone sets a glass in front of you. The liquid inside is clear, odorless, tasteless. But you know, with absolute certainty, that it is lethally poisonous. One sip and...

How to make spiritual progress (The Ascent of Mount Carmel)

How to make spiritual progress (The Ascent of M...

Have you ever noticed how tightly a child grips a handful of coins at a toy store? Knuckles white, fist clenched, eyes darting from shelf to shelf, trying to calculate...

How to make spiritual progress (The Ascent of M...

Have you ever noticed how tightly a child grips a handful of coins at a toy store? Knuckles white, fist clenched, eyes darting from shelf to shelf, trying to calculate...

A Covenant, not a Contract

A Covenant, not a Contract

Have you ever watched a wedding ceremony and felt something stir inside you, something deeper than mere sentimentality? Two people stand before witnesses, and one says to the other, "I...

A Covenant, not a Contract

Have you ever watched a wedding ceremony and felt something stir inside you, something deeper than mere sentimentality? Two people stand before witnesses, and one says to the other, "I...

Glorified Wounds

Glorified Wounds

Have you ever noticed a scar on your body and found yourself unable to remember the story behind it? Maybe it's a faint line on your knuckle or a pale...

Glorified Wounds

Have you ever noticed a scar on your body and found yourself unable to remember the story behind it? Maybe it's a faint line on your knuckle or a pale...

What Will We Actually Do in Heaven?

What Will We Actually Do in Heaven?

Have you ever sat at a funeral and listened to someone say, "Well, she's up there singing with the angels now"? Maybe you've heard a well-meaning friend comfort a grieving...

What Will We Actually Do in Heaven?

Have you ever sat at a funeral and listened to someone say, "Well, she's up there singing with the angels now"? Maybe you've heard a well-meaning friend comfort a grieving...

There is no flight to Calvary; we must walk the road.

There is no flight to Calvary; we must walk the...

Have you ever tried to skip ahead in a story? Maybe you've flipped to the last chapter of a novel, hoping to find out how everything resolves without enduring the...

There is no flight to Calvary; we must walk the...

Have you ever tried to skip ahead in a story? Maybe you've flipped to the last chapter of a novel, hoping to find out how everything resolves without enduring the...