News & the Good News
Occasional reflections, in text and audio, on current events in the light of the gospel.
Forces at Work at Christmastime
December 25, 2018
We all know that the Christmas season is a very commercial season. But, of course, we live in a very commercialized world, commercialized because we consume things in all seasons. And what we consume is driven not a...
Digital Detox...and More
December 18, 2018
Finding peace is no easy thing in our stressed-out world. A year ago, heading into 2018, Forbes magazine relied on a respected survey to report that 2017 was a standout year for stress. Not a good year. Standout...
My How Times Have Changed
December 4, 2018
Last week, I was sent looking for a passage in C. S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity that I hadn’t read in years, even in decades. Now, it doesn’t take much to spur me to think of Lewis or to quote him. My friends know this. My...
Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger
December 11, 2018
‘Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,’ is a verse from the New Testament that many Christians will be familiar with, and many who attend church that follow the schedule of readings called the Lectionary...