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Have you ever run out of gas in your car? (If you don’t have your driver’s license yet, listen up in preparation for that day!) Making a phone call to Mom and Dad about…
Emily Dickinson wrote a beautiful poem about hope in the face of trials and opposition, “‘Hope’ Is the Thing…
In a moving scene in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jyn Erso asks the rebels to join her…
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The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill is a podcast about the leadership problems that plagued Mars Hill church in Seattle, Washington (and that…
In the 2022 TV series Under the Banner of Heaven (created by Dustin Lance Black), based on the book by Jon Krakauer, we see…
Identifying the artist of a lost (and found) piece of art is not always easy—several factors go into authenticating whether a piece is truly…
One such example of a person who felt a call to fill a pastoral role in a nontraditional sense was Mr. Rogers. Although he…
“Please Remember Me” is the sorrowful cry from Tim McGraw’s 1999 single. While the country song describes the love and struggle of human relationships,…
Godforsaken. Have you ever heard that phrase? A rough definition of the phrase is that God turned his back, or forsook, something or someone….
“Did I leave the oven on?” “Did we forget a child at the store?” When have you forgotten something important? It’s easy to do….
Musician and worship pioneer David Crowder recently wrote a song in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. He sensed a spirit of despair. He…
