Short Christian essays
Short essays on faith, scripture and following Jesus in everyday life.
Heureux les nécessiteux
Avant de découvrir la Vérité, la société m’avait enseigné qu’être dans le besoin était synonyme d’immaturité et de fragilité. Pourtant, Jésus nous dit que ceux qui sont dans le besoin sont bénis. Les mots exacts…
ReadOn a different timescale
My current journey with God is a desire to move towards becoming more useful as a servant to my community. I cannot do this with my own strength because the problem is simply too difficult and intractable. Yet I am…
ReadThey don’t know why we care
At a certain point, caring for others becomes the only thing worth doing. When I attended my grandfather’s funeral there were so many folks there whose lives he had impacted. I want my funeral to be full of my friends…
ReadSkillful means
Clarity of speech is like purified water. It is ideal but not always the best choice. A bath of pure water would be expensive so instead we use tap water. Skillful means are similar: imperfect but often preferred. The…
ReadSutra, Tantra, or Jesus?
Like the Buddha, I spent the first 29 years of my life pursuing sensual pleasure and satisfaction through various means and methods, including Buddhism (Matthew 13:52). Shakyamuni may have been imprisoned in pleasure…
ReadThe parable of the Bitcoin
The kingdom of Heaven is like a woman who began mining Bitcoin early on and accumulated a wallet of thousands upon thousands of tokens. She lost interest when the Bitcoin value stayed low and moved on to other projects.…
ReadHalf awake and almost dead
The American Church is half awake and almost dead. Jesus Christ is Lord and those of us who believe such owe Him our lives. In particular, we owe Him the risk of embarrassment we run by telling those around us that He…
ReadGod’s vision for Columbus
I have a deep desire to start a Christian revival in Columbus. The situation is bad. Christians respond with disinterest when I discuss grass-roots evangelism. Meanwhile non-Christians spiral deeper into godlessness and…
ReadChrist for the Modern American
Dr. Martin Luther King states in Letter from A Birmingham Jail
ReadTo walk on water
There is a nuance to the miracle of Jesus walking on water that you may have missed. Any of the apostles could have walked with Jesus on the water. It was optional to join Him. Yet, of all those in the boat only Peter…
ReadReflexive expectations
I am grateful to be single as well as to have glimpsed the kingdom of heaven. I have time to reflect on what I ought to do with myself and whom I must become. I am ironing out my flaws and preparing myself to have a…
ReadThe narrow gate
You may have heard the phrase “carrying one’s cross” used in a secular sense as a heavy burden unique to yourself. Walking with God and living up to the standard set out by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew…
ReadThe Holy Spirit’s role in evolution
My generation has a unique burden. Rewrite our understanding of the universe in light of both spiritual and scientific truth. After the significant work of Charles Darwin the ground-breaking truth of evolution came to…
ReadWaiting for marriage
I am almost thirty and have spent the past decade navigating my dating life guided by my own moral compass. I can firmly declare that my moral compass is broken despite my best efforts of self-awareness and dedication…
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