Sacred Meditations

You do not "outgrow" temptation.

You do not "outgrow" temptation.

Have you ever noticed that the worst temptations seem to come on the days when you’ve actually been doing well? You wake up early, you pray, you feel a quiet...

You do not "outgrow" temptation.

Have you ever noticed that the worst temptations seem to come on the days when you’ve actually been doing well? You wake up early, you pray, you feel a quiet...

The Biography or the Beloved: When We Trade Intimacy for Information

The Biography or the Beloved: When We Trade Int...

There’s a particular kind of person I’ve come to recognize at conferences and retreats, even in parish Bible studies—and if I’m honest, I’ve been this person more than once. They...

The Biography or the Beloved: When We Trade Int...

There’s a particular kind of person I’ve come to recognize at conferences and retreats, even in parish Bible studies—and if I’m honest, I’ve been this person more than once. They...

Lord, make me little.

Lord, make me little.

We live in a world where everyone's competing for the "highest spot," the seat of power, the spotlight of recognition. This isn't just about work. It's not just about "corporate"...

Lord, make me little.

We live in a world where everyone's competing for the "highest spot," the seat of power, the spotlight of recognition. This isn't just about work. It's not just about "corporate"...

On Meaningless and Meaningful Suffering and Sacrifice

On Meaningless and Meaningful Suffering and Sac...

There is a peculiar moment that happens in nearly every gym across the country sometime around the end of January. The crowds that surged in on New Year’s Day, fueled...

On Meaningless and Meaningful Suffering and Sac...

There is a peculiar moment that happens in nearly every gym across the country sometime around the end of January. The crowds that surged in on New Year’s Day, fueled...

The Servant's Secret

The Servant's Secret

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from unrecognized work. You know the feeling. You stayed late to finish the project, and no one said thank you. You cooked...

The Servant's Secret

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from unrecognized work. You know the feeling. You stayed late to finish the project, and no one said thank you. You cooked...

Weighing Our Days: Virtue, Vice, and the Measure of a Life

Weighing Our Days: Virtue, Vice, and the Measur...

At funerals, we often hear a certain kind of grief that rises up like a wail: “She was taken too soon.” “He had so much life left to live.” And...

Weighing Our Days: Virtue, Vice, and the Measur...

At funerals, we often hear a certain kind of grief that rises up like a wail: “She was taken too soon.” “He had so much life left to live.” And...