JESUS MUSINGS
One of my all-time favorite jobs was working at Trader Joe’s. While there, I learned the importance of reading labels, particularly, the list of ingredients on the side of food packaging. It was helpful to know key ingredients so I could assist customers with various dietary needs. The first thing I recall learning about ingredient [...]
Last month, I read When Breathe Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon who developed stage four lung cancer and documented his dying days in a book. More recently, I was introduced to the story of a dying young girl who has a message for us. Her name is Brooklyn, and like Paul [...]
If you are a parent or know anything about children, you’ll be familiar with the famous road trip question, “Are we there yet?” Children ask it repeatedly during road trips. Although it gets annoying, it’s a fair question. After all, traveling is not the point of a road trip. The destination is the point. Children [...]
We don’t think enough about death — that vicious foe who devours our days. We will all experience it, likely sooner than we think. How can we ready ourselves for life’s inevitable end? Perhaps the best preparation for death happens when we die to what C. S. Lewis called our “ambitions and favourite wishes.” It [...]
There is little cost associated with following Christ these days, at least in the West. The message of self-denial has been replaced with a message of self-promotion. If Jesus helps us along the journey to a fulfilling life, we add him to our list of spiritual and cultural guides. When he challenges our beloved beliefs [...]
One of the common phrases you'll hear in Christian circles is "dying to self." A Google search of the phrase will bring up pages of videos and articles from some of Christianity's best known voices. I know believers who revolt at the phrase and others who rejoice. Why the difference? In what follows, I'll try [...]
Daniel Seabaugh 