Is quiet leadership an oxymoron? Can a quiet, reserved person lead? In our current culture, leadership is often associated with a commanding personality and an extroverted aura of authority. This perspective can be seen in how we view politics, business, and even romance. There are doubts that a quiet man can lead his family properly. …
Have you ever earnestly longed for a more simple life? Have you longed to cut away the red tape of our 21st century lives? Have you yearned for less drama and more simple, straightforward relationships? The desire for simplicity in life is admirable. But we must be careful not to let our hunger for simplicity …
People say that Christianity forces them to abide by too many rules. Christians are commonly viewed as “killjoys” and strict “puritans”, not able to simply live life and enjoy the blessings of living without instituting strict rules and restrictions. However, in a society like ours today, Gospel-centered Christianity offers the most freedom from the law …
There is no doubt that we live in a corrupted world. No one will debate that. Everywhere we look, people are struggling with deep pain, caused by sin, and seeking some way to overcome that pain. In our society, many take this search for healing into the streets and give birth to passionate movements for …
What is Masculinity? This question seems to be central to many of the most spirited public discussions in our culture at this moment. Corporations like Gillette create controversy with their contributions to the discussion, in the form of 90 second social advertising. The rise of angry feminists, references to toxic masculinity, slogans like “#MeToo” and …
Words are amazing things. They can express beauty and just as easily, they can express the ugliest parts of our soul. They build up and enthrone the lowly and tear down the arrogant. And vice versa. Words, when used masterfully, can eloquently express some of the deepest human emotions. There is, however, one emotion that, …
Isaiah 9:6 is startling in context. This familiar passage, often quoted during the Christmas season, heralds the coming of a child, the Messiah, to redeem God’s people. We’ve heard the central theme of the chapter before: “for unto us a child is born.” What I find striking is what precedes this declaration. Verses 4 and …
October is one of my favorite months of the year because, at least in North Carolina, it is the birth of autumn. The air doesn’t get cooler, the trees don’t get more vibrant and the atmosphere doesn’t get “fallish” until October. Autumn is my favorite season for a number of reasons but one of the …
Even those with a home sometimes find themselves wandering. Tyler and Maggie Heath, more commonly known as the Oh Hellos, know this firsthand. They even wrote and produced an album in 2012 about this very concept. Through the Deep, Dark Valley was the result of the Heath’s pondering and was their first full-length album. The album …
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America has been fixated on Capitol Hill yet again as an unworthy spectacle plays out in the Senate. Center stage stands Brett Kavanaugh, a federal judge appointed by the President to fill the recently vacated seat on the Supreme Court; Dr. Christine Ford, who alleges that Judge Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in years past; and …
