There’s a poem that I regularly come back to when I’m anxious, worried, overwhelmed, and feeling particularly powerless (something that happens to me more than I’d like to admit). It’s called “X” by Wendell Berry: Whatever is foreseen…
This doesn’t happen very often, but I was only a chapter into Jessica Thompson’s latest book How to Help Your Anxious Teen when I knew I would call it a “must-read” for both parents and youth pastors. It’s…
“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late…
While our team recovers today from last week’s Rooted conference in Chicago, I thought I’d share the manuscript from my devotional, which opened the conference. We hope our time together blessed all of our attendees as much as…
This article is part of Rooted’s 2019 student series, where young Christians share their experiences of faith in high school and college. Hayden Sledge is a rising sophomore at Wheaton College. I lay on the ice, confused. What…
How are you doing? – I’m busy. Really busy. I hear this conversation over and over again on a Sunday morning. Or for that matter, anytime I talk to someone and ask how they are. For some, people…
After 21 movies and 11 years, Marvel’s Cinematic Universe comes to a rousing finale* in Avengers: Endgame. It’s already a worldwide phenomenon, breaking every movie record out there, and in two weeks is already the fifth highest grossing…
The other day, one of my students acknowledged that he doesn’t use the ‘Messages’ app on his phone for texts anymore, he only connects and chats to friends through the social media messenger services. He primarily spends his…
New Year, Unchanging God Anew beginning is on the horizon! A fresh start. The old year is gone and we have rung in the new. In the past, I have dabbled in making New Year’s resolutions. Here are…
