The biggest loser
Ideologies that traffic in hatred are toxic to your soul. You can't fight hate with hate without losing--even if you feel like you've won. The…
Time flies
One of the weirdest things about time is how it seems to accelerate as we age. The best explanation I've heard of this is that…
Don’t forget to play
In our house, we try not to overemphasize winning. An overly competitive spirit in the home (and as a worldview) can sow quite a bit…
Weather
Today, the weather is perfect. I'm soaking it in. It's not always. And it's something I complain about. My Grandpa used to quote a poem…
Power of song
Music has a profound influence on us. We remember the words that we sing more than the books we read, TED Talks or sermons we…
Onward
C.S. Lewis is a compassionate writer. He remembers his unhappy childhood well enough to engage his readers (whatever their age) with impressive empathy. I wrote…
Scroll not, lest ye be anxious
I saw a quote last week that I can't find today. It went something like this: "Whenever our awareness exceeds our agency we'll feel anxiety."…
Future thieves
C.S. Lewis warns, in his The Screwtape Letters, about being so future-focused that we waste the present. This can happen negatively--by being so worried about…
Like a tree
"It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous…
Correct passions’ spite
Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thy self the worse, and so the distance greater. Be not thine own worm: yet such jealousy, As…