Paul taught Timothy, a younger Christian, how to live life and how to be in community with others. He dropped this little gem about the followers of Christ: “…the household of God … the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth” (source). So even though God could speak […]

When I was a kid, I sang hymns in church. For those of you who may haven’t been in a hymn-singing church, or are young enough that you don’t know what “hymns” are, let me explain… Hymns are songs that were (and sometimes still are) sung in church. They differ from worship music that started […]

A new season. A fresh start. I (Paul) started a new job earlier this month. It seems like a really good fit. I love the team. Encouragement feels like it’s a natural part of the way things are accomplished. Autumn started just eight days ago. The early morning air is getting just a little nippy […]

I’ve been camping out in the Psalms. David, the writer of many of the Psalms, is one of my favorite people. He was massively flawed… He essentially murdered the husband (Uriah) of a woman he wanted so he wouldn’t get in the way of that relationship. (See that story in 2 Samuel 11.) His desire […]

Back pain is not fun. I had been experiencing sharp pain in my mid-back region for about two months. Nothing traumatic brought that on – it just crept up on me. I had been putting off doing the physical therapy exercises prescribed during previous bouts with back and neck pain. I couldn’t get up the […]