Holiness Reeducation

Good Morning Dad, It was not a good night’s sleep last night. I was tossing and turning in my bed with a sense of unease or something. My spirit certainly wasn’t at rest even if my body was. I realize this morning that it was because of the way evil showed itself in Boston yesterday. […]

I am sending out big prayers for all of my East Coast friends over the next couple of days as Hurricane Gloria  Sandy hits. The whole time I lived on the East Coast there was never quite a storm like this. The different elements that have come together to make this storm such a monster […]

Apple announced the release of the new iPad mini this week and immediately its stock dropped 2.5%. Why? Well it will take someone much smarter than I to tell you exactly why, but I can tell you the big picture reason. Crowds are fickle. The stock market in our country is such a gamble because […]

There was some heavy fog this morning here in Chesterton. As I was looking at the sun I realized that it looked more like the moon than the sun because of the density of the fog. As a pastor it is hard not to spiritualize these things, but it immediately reminded me of how difficult […]

I could feel it brewing inside of me this morning. The crank was coming. My patience was a bit low. I was quiet. I was frustrated. And do you know what I was frustrated about? Everything was some sort of ridiculous miniscule moment of living a blessed life in the First World. I was frustrated […]

Each morning before school, our family gathers together to pray. We always end our time together by saying the Lord’s Prayer together. Saying this prayer together has been a great moment of discipling our children. We have talked about the parts of the prayer and what they mean. We have talked about why we pray […]

1 Peter 1:13-23 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who […]

Do you ever think about snow as being holy? In scripture when snow is used for imagery it is almost always used as a sign of purity. David asks God to cleanse him of his sin in Psalm 51 and to wash him so that he is as white as snow. God promises in Isaiah […]

There was nothing extraordinary about yesterday, it was simply a Monday. Perhaps that’s the beauty in how extraordinary a day it was. Yesterday I had the rare privilege of holding a brand new baby in my arms and less than half an hour later, laying my hands on a friend who was about to die. […]

There is an old Irish curse that says, “May God give you the desires of your heart”. That sounds like a blessing not a curse, at least as you first hear it, but the more you think about it the more you realize that often when we get what we want, we find it is […]