Yesterday, I had an unusual encounter with grace. On my way home from a local tae kwon do studio is a Starbucks. It’s sort of awkwardly located in the middle of nowhere, just planted next to a highway because someone felt the need to put something other than a gas station at that particular...
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If there were one single thing that my parents have taught me, it’s that gifts and talent are useless if they are kept to yourself. Consequently, service has been a major theme throughout my life; my mom especially has hauled me (and occasionally my harp) all over creation to make sure that we follow...
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When I was about fifteen, I wrote an essay entitled “The gods are unjust” about Oedipus Rex, the ancient play by Sophocles – it is one of the great Greek Tragedies, replete with chorus and tragic hero. It was my first tragedy. Oedipus was condemned by Apollo’s prophecy, related by an oracle, to kill...
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Last week I saw a movie that made me want to change the world. And it was about aliens from outer space. When I rented District 9, I certainly wasn’t expecting to have my heart wrenched around. I was in the mood for fun summer science fiction—a gripping adventure lightly spiced with the mystery...
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I have a confession to make. I am a coward. A bumbling, trembling, miserable coward consumed by fear.
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A friend once told me he suspected that the world and in fact, life itself, is a kind of divine conspiracy with the single purpose of molding souls – a vale of soul-making, he said. Perhaps that is so. Perhaps the moment we have obtained the right shape, have finally been burnished to his...
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Recently, a friend emailed me asking for help because his girlfriend has been having trouble accepting God’s grace. Over my short time as a Christian, I have met many guilty souls who struggle with grace. I spent the greater portion of the last year trying to figure out grace. Most of the time, I...
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