Jesus makes you truly great
What does it mean to be truly great? If you were to ask Merriam-Webster, it would say greatness is the quality of being exceptionally superior, important, or remarkable. This can apply to many things. A skyscraper can be great because of its height. A team can be great because of its winning streak. A person […]
A good, quiet life
The apostle Paul wrote this to the Christians living in Thessalonica: “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent […]
Your future self: Hope for the New Year
I love New Year’s! It’s a time of forgetting what is behind and pressing on toward what’s ahead (Philippians 3:13 paraphrase). A time of setting new goals, starting new habits, and exploring new opportunities. Not everyone gets this excited about New Year’s resolutions, but I do. I love the whole process. By January 1, I […]
Mental health comes from facing reality
My wife knew something was wrong. I didn’t have piles of books lying everywhere. I wasn’t writing or creating. She could tell I was depressed—empty, like the ice cream carton beside me and the hours of mindless Netflix I was binging. This is what depression can look like, but what’s really going on when someone […]
Jesus beautifies our brokenness
Originating in 15th-century Japan, Kintsugi is the art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer. Each piece is uniquely crafted and repaired, resulting in a gorgeous piece of art unlike any other. The real beauty, however, lies in the way the art form approaches brokenness. Instead of seeing breakage as something to be […]
Evil is real. But so is God.
From naivety to naming evil In 1978 renowned psychiatrist M. Scott Peck published The Road Less Traveled. The book was a massive success, selling 10 million copies and remaining on The New York Times Best Sellers list for 13 years. And I can see why. In his book, Peck challenges the reader to accept that […]
Honoring God in everything
There are so many ways for you and me to use ALL the tools at our disposal to honor God in our day-to-day lives. We can honor God with symphonies. We can honor God with crafts and trades. We can honor God with casseroles! (Or, in my case, ready-made meals from membership-based warehouse clubs!) These […]
Worst draft picks ever
It’s NFL draft time, and I happen to live in Green Bay, WI. And we happen to own a brewery/restaurant. Usually, I don’t care all that much about the NFL draft, but this year it has been on our minds for quite a while. Amidst prepping our business and thinking about the logistics of the […]