Here you can find articles written by everyday Christians, sharing their thoughts, experiences, and recommendations around Christian vocation. How do we put our hands to good work in God’s Kingdom in spite of any real-world challenges? These pieces come from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, each aimed at increasing personal growth, dialog, and vital cross-pollinating as we seek building a better Kingdom together.
There are a handful of times in my life where God has surprised and ‘spoken’ to me even more overtly than I’d ever expected. At a time when I was feeling particularly discouraged with the return on my efforts in life, I was grumbling internally (partly to God, but mostly to myself) as I walked the short distance down the street…
“…and to this day I weep at the remembrance of being and feeling seen by God that day."
As a Christian, what do you do when you realize that the life you always thought you were going to live has disappeared? When your career, your future, your hopes and your dreams, all of it has turned into an insubstantial mist that vanishes in the morning light. This is the same revelation that burdens the writer of Ecclesiastes when he laments: “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 1:2).
My daughter Hanna was born in June 2023, and for the first time in my life, I became responsible for the life of another person. With this change came questions around my calling in Christ. What should come first, ministry or family life? Is my number one priority in life to raise my children or to go where God is calling me? How do we decide what comes first?
In 1 Corinthians 15:31, Paul writes, "I die every day!" That's the spiritual advice I'm trying to take into the new year.
There would be a quiet revival, a silent revolution. A movement of humans who have voluntarily decided to die to themselves every day. A movement of nobody in particular, of nobody important, of no one you've ever heard of. A movement exactly as God intended.
When being in a place of servitude is to be in a place of joy. Sometimes life doesn’t work out the way you want it to and that’s all part of the plan.
My eyes had never felt this way before. They burned painfully. They were sensitive to light.
Once we recognize our faults, blemishes, and undesirable features, we can seek to understand them and displace the imperfection in our lives.
Have you ever looked at your life and found you just couldn’t recognize yourself? Sounds cliché, right? But if you’ve ever experienced depression, that feeling is all too familiar.
We have the privilege of enjoying God in our lives, in every ounce of the hobby we may enjoy, and he also gives us the things that we really want. So begin to enjoy God in whatever hobby he has given you.
Looking back, I can clearly see it as one larger theme gifted to my Big Grand Uncle, my family line, and to me by our Creator God. It is larger because God in His grace pointed us to His majestic attributes and design—the invisible beyond the visible of the world. God revealed Himself not only in my youth through creation but to my family in a hunger for the truth of His character.