Psalm 127.1-2
Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good. It is useless…
Achievements can be idols or icons
I wrote this letter to one of our Westwinds’ sons, Collin Martoia, who has flown south and done great things. You’re an achiever. You might not feel like it….
Possessions can be idols or icons
This letter is for Stacy Jones, our only chick drummer and the gal with the biggest heart in town. Nothing neutralizes greed like giving. You’re a giver. You give…
Psalm 146.1-10
Praise the Lord! Let all that I am praise the Lord. I will praise the Lord as long as I live. I will sing praises to my God with my…
People can be idols or icons
I wrote this letter for my dear friends, Jason and Erin Kreger. They’ll probably read it and think every metaphor is a euphemism for something very, very different. You…
Every city has idols and icons
This letter’s for Darcie Burdick, a young gal at The Winds who’s so full of life I sometimes think she’s two people. Have you ever seen one of those…
Isaiah 45.18-19
For the Lord is God, and he created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place…
The opposite of cooperation with God is both lack of cooperation with God and cooperation with counterfeit gods
This letter’s for Rod Malloy, who runs a non-profit conservation center. Every horror story set in Europe features a gothic castle. It’s cliché, but it’s true. When I visited…
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