Nietzsche With the Voice of an Angel Ralph Waldo Emerson’s seminal essay, “Self Reliance,” remains the great paean to American individualism. As with all the man’s writings, it’s equal parts quotable and intoxicating, making the task of choosing a representative statement a formidable one. But choose we must
Casual Atheism Christian men and women ought to be highly skeptical of the word practical as it’s often used in everyday conversations. When we scrutinize its usage, we discover that it frequently serves as a kind of shorthand for one of the most basic but profound forms of
An Overlooked Hero We all have our superheroes that shape us, whether real or imaginary. Even as adults, we look to figures holding larger-than-life personas, generally on the sports field, movie screen, or church platform. My husband has a short list of superheroes: his father and Roger Staubach.
A Note of Hesitancy As of this writing, the events unfolding in the auditorium of Asbury’s chapel are getting more and more difficult to explain away. What began as a routine chapel service on Wednesday, February 8th has transformed into a perpetual worship service, drawing crowds from
Fasting is a spiritual discipline that was practiced by Jesus and early Christians and that today is practiced in many places around the world today where the Gospel is growing most rapidly. Yet in the Western church, it is largely ignored. Our culture, which is built on self-indulgence,
Dr. Kenneth Boa and Reflections Vice President, Stuart McAllister, have launched a new podcast that explores the riches of the Christian life from the standpoint of two seasoned veterans of the faith. Taking their cues from T.S. Eliot’s poetic declaration that “old men ought to be explorers,” Dr.
“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.’ Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that
Why We Think Hope is Unrealistic Ironically, we often mistake hope for hopelessness. Look no further than the early stages of the pandemic in 2020. Driving through the spooky stillness of the first lockdown, I came across a marquee boldly declaring, “Hope is not canceled!” All of the
“Doubt everything, find your own light.” These are the last words of the Buddha. It sounds like good advice, but then the human heart invariably presses on to doubt itself! After all, what security, what authority, what kind of assurance can we have that this light is true?
The Gift of Faith vs. the Grace of Faith Perhaps the best feature about the little condo I’m renting is a big skylight in the center of the vaulted ceiling. When I need a break from writing, I lay on the couch and look up at the passing
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