I am writing this on August 15, 2019, and I just received word from my doctor that I received insurance approval for a year of Spinraza. Without getting too technical, this is essentially a treatment that will ideally help people with my condition, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, slow the progression of...

“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” The latter part of Matthew 24:12 came up twice in the same day, so I thought that might be interesting to talk about together today. After all, Jesus says this as part of his response regarding how his disciples will...

I just heard an advertisement that talked about discovering “my truth.” To me, this seems to be somewhat of a contradiction in terms.

Obviously when we talk about something being mine, it belongs to me. My life is my life. My vehicle is my vehicle. It belongs to me. It is in my...

Let’s be entirely honest here as we talk together. How good are you at picking up signals from other people? I like to think that I am relatively perceptive at times, but there were other times when I feel like something ought to be so obvious, but it just goes right over my head.

I mention...

My attention was recently turned to an essay written by Dr. Brad East entitled “Against Pop Culture” on Mere Orthodoxy. Before reading any more of what I have written here, please read and consider Dr. East’s essay. Perhaps I am not interpreting it in the light in which he...

Do you ever get the feeling that some things are simply meant to be? Maybe you don’t exactly know why, or you might not understand how something came to be, but it simply seems right. Maybe you ended up at a certain place at a certain time, and you really cannot be sure why a particular thing...

I know you will not read this post for a few days, but just so you know, I am writing this on Independence Day. I was thinking back to what an exciting time it must’ve been for our Founding Fathers. I get excited when I create minor things like this website, but I can’t imagine the...

Have you ever really taken a second to consider the improbability that you specifically would be brought into this world? A few friends and I were talking about this just yesterday. There are so many things that could have happened in literally the entire course of human history that would have...

I am writing this piece on June 11. When you read this, it will be ideally June 17, and I will be in Fort Wayne, Indiana. As most of you know, my team will be playing power soccer, so I don’t know that I will have a lot of time to write over the weekend like I usually do.

I don’t...

I am writing this just about a week before my power soccer team departs for the Founders Cup in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We will be competing with teams from around the country, and to say that I am excited about the opportunity to do this again would almost be an understatement.

It is interesting to...

I’ve spent the better part of the last week watching power soccer. The Nations Cup has been taking place in Finland, and the top five teams from the European zone will earn the right to compete in the 2021 FIPFA World Cup in Sydney, Australia.

I can’t help but think how remarkable it is...

If you are too upset over the fact that Game of Thrones is ending, don’t worry, there is an answer. You can go to a counseling session to help yourself come to terms with the fact that this show that I have never watched but millions have is coming to its conclusion. I heard a clip about this...

I recently read a movie review for the biopicTolkienwritten by my former professor Dr. Michael Ward. I have to admit that when I saw that this movie was going to be released, I was really excited. He is a fascinating historical figure, and I was hoping that the film could do him justice. That...

Let me tell you something I can’t help thinking about. It is something I want to do someday. I don’t know if it would be any type of financial success, so I need to somehow make a lot of money first before I jump into this venture in case it doesn’t work or drains my resources. I...

There has been a lot of talk on the fear of missing out that has been driven by our social media culture. Essentially, when you see all of your friends doing something really exciting on Facebook, you get upset that you are not a part of it. Consequently, it has led to a fear that they might be...

Paul Gould’s recently released primer Cultural Apologetics: Renewing the Christian Voice, Conscience, and Imagination in a DisenchantedWorld(Zondervan, 2019) provides the reader with an overview of a branch of apologetics that, until recently, has not enjoyed very much time in the spotlight....

I like to talk to people. I like to talk to people about the things that you are not supposed to talk about like politics and religion. Why are we not supposed to talk about these things? We have this kind of bizarre idea that we don’t want to maybe create division with our friends over...

Let me touch a sensitive topic here. Let’s talk about the Christian bubble. We all kind of know a little bit about what it looks like. It is a pretty comfortable place. It is a nonthreatening place. I can go into my Christian bubble, and my beliefs are probably not going to be challenged. I...

I have to tell you that very little on my Facebook feed can make me laugh as much as the content from the Babylon Bee. For those of you who have never heard of it, this is a satirical website that sets its sightson religious and political topics. You know those types of things that you are never...

I find it fascinating to think about change. Not many of us actually like change if we are entirely honest with ourselves. Some of us are better at dealing with it than others, but it is a little bit nerve-racking because you never really know how it is going to turn out. You really don’t...

I want to write about something entirely different today. I want to write about baseball. We are getting closer and closer to Opening Day, and my Philadelphia Phillies have undergone a massive transformation this winter. Almost half of the guys who will presumably be in the lineup on Opening Day...

What is one of the first things you learn about socializing in middle school? There are some people that will tell just about any story they hear. It doesn’t so much matter if the story is true or false. The minute they hear it, they want to tell someone. These are naturally the people that...

I went to a concert last weekend in Springfield, Massachusetts. Casting Crowns headlined the show with Austin French and Zach Williams opening. I love seeing Casting Crowns in concert, and part of the reason that I love listening to them so much is because I already know a majority of the music...

The world is a certain way. In fact, the world is a certain way even if I may not understand the way the world is. I have recently been taking a class on mathematical and scientific reasoning, and it always intrigues me that we are pretty confident that we have figured out the way the world works....

What is a word? At the most fundamental level, it is a collection of sounds or letters that have been put together into a string. We then take that collection of sounds or letters and assign it to a certain meaning. It may be used to describe an object, an idea, a sound, a taste or really anything...