Are We Sure We Want to Claim the Promises of God?
God always keeps His promises. We echo this mantra to our kids, hoping that it’s going to sink in and might even serve them well in the coming years of…
Read MoreWhat if I’m Questioning the Love of God?
Last week, I was doing a seminar about some of the central themes of my book. We were discussing suffering, God’s sovereignty, and His emotional response to the suffering of…
Read MoreThe Waiting Room
The following is excerpted from my book, Wednesdays Were Pretty Normal: A Boy, Cancer, and God: There is nowhere on Earth like a hospital waiting room. Most people have been…
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If the First Moon Landing Would Have Failed
Two days before Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong stepped into the history books, presidential speech writer William Safire sent a memo to Nixon’s Chief of Staff…
Read MoreWhat “The Avengers” Can Teach Us About Identity
“Identity” is a motif that runs through a lot of superhero stories. In most cases, the hero in question has a secret identity – Spiderman, Green Lantern, Wonderwoman – and…
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