What I've Been Learning Lessons from Teddy 1 Sep 2017 Tuesday and Wednesday after work this week, I went and visited my friend Teddy in the hospital. Teddy was a regular customer at the cigar shop I work at for…
Books… Suffering Belongs to the Living, Not the Dead 1 May 20151 May 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! Just a reminder here of something I have clarified before, that when Fénelon refers to self and self-love, he is talking about our sinful nature and our…
Books… Bearing Dying Takes the Place of Final Death 24 Apr 201524 Apr 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 35: Bearing Dying Takes the Place of Final Death We Christians must bear our crosses. In my opinion, self is the greatest cross of them all!…
What I've Been Learning Peaks and Valleys 2 Apr 20152 Apr 2015 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we…
Books… The Fear of Death Is Not Taken Away by Our Own Courage But by the Grace of God 24 Jan 201524 Jan 2015 I had had kids at home sick yesterday so I did not get this up. But God is a God of grace and so even though it is Saturday, we…
Spiritual Formation… Lessons from Rats 5 May 20145 May 2014 Yesterday when I got home from work, my daughter Anna came to the door to meet me. She was in tears. Her pet rats, Dawn and Midnight, had both died.…