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Leaving the Shire
From the cozy confines of the Shire to the wider world of Middle-earth, my experiences shaped me into a socially-justice-oriented individual.
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I had to chuckle today at an ad for a church event I saw called, “Wine & Scripture.” Apparently it’s a wine tasting event in which you explore the wonders of the Holy Spirit. Now even though I don’t drink, I don’t have a problem with the event or the church (they’re great people)—rather, what…
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If you have kids, you know it’s not always easy to get them to sit down at the table and eat—especially when you have to pull their video games away from them first. Such was the case on one summer night when I couldn’t get my almost-3-year-old to put down the Wii U gamepad and…
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I haven’t been able to stop listening to The Greatest Showman soundtrack for like two weeks. This album is the height of what melody is meant to be and it has greatly inspired me to write some new music. But perhaps more powerful than the entire movie and soundtrack is somehow their rehearsal for the movie.…
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C.S. Lewis once remarked that Jesus saying he’d return within a generation was, “certainly the most embarrassing verse in the Bible.” While Lewis’ words are a bit brash, at least he was honest about his feelings. It’s clear in reading the New Testament that the early church literally thought Jesus meant one generation. Even 2…
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As the year comes to an end and the snow covers my city, I think back to the Narnia tribute album I released earlier this year. Everyone’s support of my work was super encouraging. I used to record music nonstop, but one day I just hit a wall and didn’t have it in me to…
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Some stories in Wesley’s journals will catch you a bit off guard if you’re not familiar with just how intense the Methodist revival was. The supernatural was a constant component in his ministry and it came in all kinds of forms—he even casted out demons. It seems he had sat down to dinner, but had…
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There are a lot of investigations into Scripture that I often think are pointless, like trying to figure out an exact date that Jesus was born on. I struggle to understand why that would truly matter to my spiritual life. But then scholars like Michael Heiser prove me wrong in his book, Reversing Hermon (or…
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Watching inexpressible joy swell up inside someone is a wonderful thing to witness. You may recall seeing it happen to Mary in the Christmas story. One moment she’s talking to her relative Elizabeth about how God has supernaturally blessed her with a baby and the next she’s bursting into song (Lk 1:39-56). It makes for…
