How (and Why) to Read a Book a Week
As you begin the new year, here’s a goal to seriously consider: to read an average of a book each week. If this sounds crazy, give it a try – it’s not as hard as it sounds. Let me share…
Guard Your Heart
“Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” (Proverbs 4:23) This is clearly an important command: > Your heart is the core of who you are. The ancient Hebrews used the word ‘heart’ to…
10 Tips to Boost Your Bible Reading
1 – Make it a habit. The single most important step you can take to grow spiritually is to commit to daily Bible reading. Don’t commit for a day, a week, or a month – commit for life! If you do so, reading…
Worshipping as a Monotask
Four Monotasks Two months ago I wrote about how to keep your phone from preventing monotasks. Today I want to continue pursuing the idea of ‘monotasking’ from a Christian perspective. I also want to be intensely practical. Wine (author of…
The Great Gamble
Biblical faith is not blind, but it is a gamble. It is reasonable and evidential, but it involves risk. Faith is the risk of taking God at his Word. It’s easy to read the Word, go to church, pray, spend…
The Most Popular Posts of 2023
2023 was another significant year for this blog, with lots of new content, and more visitors and page views than ever before. Here are the most popular posts (as well as some of my own favorites) from the year. You…
The Best Books from 2023
Let us dare to think, read, speak, and write. (John Adams) For the last number of years, I’ve kept up the habit of sharing my favorite books from the year – and 2023 is no exception. I’ve still got a…
Three Steps Forward
The daily rhythm of success can be summarized simply: ‘three steps forward, two steps back.’ It hardly feels like success. To alternate between progress and failure feels mediocre. It feels like daily life. It feels boring. Yet, it’s the mindset…
The Encounter (John Newton)
In evil long I took delight,Unawed by shame or fear,Till a new object struck my sight,And stopped by wild career:I saw One hanging on a treeIn agonies and blood,Who fixed His languid eyes on me,As near His cross I stood….
Monotasking and Your Phone
Introductory Explanation This year I was excited to read a book. Just the title of the book itself was enough to get me thinking. “The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better.” Such a book…
