From Soil To Soul

  • Significance

    Before we begin our search into the lives of these great biblical characters, it is worth pausing to reflect on something deeply human—our need for significance. If we are but dust, then we want to be important dust. At least to someone. I recently found myself pondering a strange but revealing question: If all of mankind were…

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  • Grace To Self

    This part of the series is the most deeply personal. I trust you won’t judge me too harshly. There is no one harder on me… than me. I have called myself more names and scolded myself more deeply and more often than any boss—or even enemy—has ever dreamed. You know how it goes. You look…

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  • Seasons

    Part Two … Seasons When my wife and I moved to Los Angeles for college, we had a three-and-a-half-year-old daughter and an eighteen-month-old son in tow. Neither of our children really remembered anything about Indiana winters. Their earliest memories were formed under the sunny skies of Southern California. The only snow they ever saw was…

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  • Walk, Don’t Run

    I recently took part in a conversation where a simple question was posed: “What advice would you give your younger self?” As people shared their answers, two words kept surfacing—pace and grace. Those words stayed with me. They don’t just belong to hindsight; they speak directly into the way we live and move through the present. So…

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