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Wails erupt in my backyard. I feel the neighborhood cringing. I teach swimming lessons each summer. At present, I’m several days into a new session. Learning to swim is stressful. For most kids, swimming sounds fun until… Until it’s not. It’s hard. It’s scary. And it takes work. While some kids truly are fearful, most…

“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten.” (Joel 2:25a NIV) Locusts. They come from nowhere and devour everything—eating plants and trees, stripping even the bark. What once was green and healthy now lies in ruins. Leafless stubble with no promise of fruit. I’ve often heard others pray for God to restore…

Math: 1+1+1=1 English: perichoresis In honor of all of the high school students taking their SAT’s this summer, here’s a little math and English—Trinity-style. First, math. The Trinity. Three-in-one. One God eternally expressed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 1+1+1=1 God extends His crazy math to us. Marriage: “For this reason a man will leave…

One hallmark of Trinity is the balance of unity and uniqueness. One expressed in Three. So, who’s in charge? Great question. Yes. Yes? Yes. You mean, They take turns? No. They are One. Father, Son, and Spirit agree in purpose. All Members are equal. No One has to be in charge because They agree. Who…

In the Trinity, not only do They work together as a team, They are Their own best cheerleaders. In the Trinity, each Member cheers on the other Two. They honor One Another. They love One Another. They talk each Other up. You’ll find no put-downs here, only positive thoughts. Check it out: “For the Father…

Love lessons. The takeaway from my spring semester class on the doctrine of the Trinity . Does it surprise you? It did me. Love 101 in the guise of ST102OL Trinitarianism. My experience with love in my growing up years wasn’t unloving, but it could hardly be called warm and fuzzy. My parents weren’t big…

This week, I found myself at the gap. The chasm between wishing and reality. Job 3:25-26 reads, “What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.” I’m at a place where new fears show real potential. Where…

A friend of mine recently had cataract surgery. Although a relatively young candidate for this procedure, she was informed by her doctor that she made his top three worst cataracts list. I’m sure she was thrilled. Today, colors are vivid, and she can pick up fine details—like all of her friends’ wrinkles. Her stories post-surgery…

Webster defines doubt as “a condition of uncertainty.” It’s part of how we analyze and process thoughts, facts, and events. Unbelief is a different animal. Unbelief is defined as an absence of belief—the very opposite of faith. The enemy’s goal is to move us from doubt to unbelief. His method? Stir up uncertainty about what…