“Bring those palm branches over here… yeah, just scatter those on top…” We were building our first-ever sukkah and getting excited about the party we were going to host in …
Never Settle
On the wall of a cute, small-town coffeehouse near my childhood home in rural Pennsylvania hangs a sign that reads “Never Settle.” Due to the thin line running diagonally through …
Waiting on the Lord
Don’t like waiting? Don’t worry. There’s an app for that! You can actually hire someone in Uber-like fashion to wait in line for you at the store. No joke. It’s …
It’s the Little Things
It’s smiling at sales clerks and thanking them by name (if they are wearing a name tag). It’s asking a waitress how you can pray for her. It’s sewing a …
Grace Imitators
I wake up with the usual Thursday morning expectation. I pick up my phone, look at my Facebook app and sure enough, one new notification. As always, my mother has …
PROCLAIMING HIS EXCELLENCIES
I don’t know how long I sat there. The desert behind me, I perched myself on the rocky rim of the bowl-shaped city, Las Vegas. The desert breeze cooled as the sun disappeared behind the horizon.
God Looks on the Heart
The Facebook phenomenon! Mark Zuckerberg and other online social networks have tapped into the first half of this two-pronged truth: 1) Man looks at the outward appearance, but 2) God …
The Voice of the Lord (Psalm 29:3–4)
CRACK! I opened my eyes and found myself sitting in the camp director’s lap as splintered wood lay scattered around us. Just a moment ago, I was sitting calmly beside …
