Posts in category For the Heart

Recently I attended a concert of the Hangzhou Symphony Orchestra.  A violin concerto called “The Butterfly Lovers” was a part of the program. My youngest daughter, …

It’s entirely possible to write blog articles mechanically or artificially. This one is quite personal. My wife’s due date for our fourth child is today. …

There’s a very striking story about a man who never learned to read but who had a well-worn Bible. Someone asked him why the pages …

I was recently invited to speak for a weekend conference for men, discussing our roles in the family and the church. Topics like this kill …

I try not to make a habit of this, but I’m going to start out by telling you a lie. It’s a lie that you …

We humans like to talk about human ingenuity as our own greatest hope. We’re confident that if we work together we can solve society’s worst problems. We’ll even pretend that we can deliver the planet. But we’d also like to keep the argument in our back pocket that when things go badly wrong God should have done something.

If I want my children to give me their heart, I must not miss those tender moments when they offer it.

If you read our last post, I talked about recently having the privilege of giving a solid week to nothing but Bible reading. Going from cover to …

I like crazy challenges—the kind that are appealing to you specifically because they’re undoable. Like when I thought running 5 miles was epically long and then …

Everybody loves a good story, and Scripture has some of the best. Try to read through the story of Esther without laughing at the ironies. …