One of things I love most about Scripture is the sheer beauty of the imagery it uses sometimes. Psalm 56:8 has always been one of my favorite verses for exactly that reason: You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your…
A few weeks ago, I shared an article in which Dale Fincher responded to a quote from John Piper concerning emotional blackmail, and I mentioned that reading it had helped me realize how I needed to un-learn some of the incredibly unhealthy conflict management skills I’d been taught. I’ve been thinking about all of this for days now, and let…
Three years ago today, I had an epic bicycle accident. (Talk about making tax day worse; it’s surefire, but I wouldn’t recommend it.) It doesn’t really seem possible that it’s been three years. Entire lifetimes have happened between then and now, and yet the handful of details I actually remember are still as clear as…
I’ve been thinking a lot about dreams lately. Eight years ago, I had an epiphany of sorts, realizing that my dream for my life had changed dramatically. Today, if I’m brutally honest – I don’t think I ever really let go of my old dream completely, even while embracing a new one. I think I was actually…
In that early morning haze between sleeping and waking, I could almost hear the sound of their boots as they marched along the road. They were guarding something, keeping it safe… And then I was awake, with one word floating into focus against the backdrop of that imagery: perimeter. A perimeter is simply the outer…
