by kandersen | Jan 26, 2024 | Christian Living
Something dangerous happens to us when we get swept away by the busyness of life. We find ourselves running from workweek to workweek, feeling like our lives are running us rather than running our own lives. When was the last time you stopped to reflect and take a...
by kandersen | Jan 20, 2024 | Christian Living
Is the Bible actually boring? Or have we made it boring in the ways we consume it? If you’ve been going to church for decades, sometimes your Bible time starts to fall flat. This happened to me. After graduating from Bible school, I was so burnt out from...
by kandersen | Jan 10, 2024 | Christian Living
Are you sick of feeling like you’ve failed? Studies show that 80% of New Year’s Resolutions peter out by the second week of February. The worst part of setting goals is feeling like you’ve failed. Whether you’ve missed a day or have given up...
by kandersen | Oct 13, 2023 | Christian Living
Growing up in the church, my great desire was to please God and to please the people who knew Him. This seems like a simple goal, and I felt like I’d been fairly successful as a teenager. It wasn’t until I grew older and began examining my upbringing that I realized...
by kandersen | Oct 2, 2023 | Christian Living
Evangelical Christianity has idolized the nuclear family. For those unfamiliar with the term, a nuclear family (also called the elementary family, atomic family, or traditional family) is a two-parent household consisting of a father, mother, and their...
by kandersen | Sep 22, 2023 | Christian Living
In a world often filled with everyday struggles that feel complex and overwhelming, it’s easy to feel powerless. Every time we see a news headline about a new national crisis or natural disaster, we feel like the problem is too big for one person to fix. Many of...
by kandersen | Sep 15, 2023 | Christian Living
Humans love to categorize other humans. We do it all the time. As you walk down the street or through the grocery store, you are making conclusions about the type of human each stranger you pass might be. It’s the reason the internet is filled with personality...
by kandersen | Jul 16, 2023 | Christian Living
Who is God? Misunderstandings about God create false idols in our minds based on misperceptions the Bible never promotes. God is not a void of love and light, and he’s not a celestial tyrant. As we overcome the lies we believe about God, replacing them with truth is...
by kandersen | Jul 7, 2023 | Christian Living
Sometimes God’s just not all He’s cracked up to be…or so it seems. Growing up in the church clearly taught me one thing: Jesus is the answer. This simplistic concept seemed so profound, but when the rubber hit the road, I didn’t know how to apply that. It...
by kandersen | Jun 8, 2023 | Christian Living, Christian Thought Contributions
“There is no downside for me leaving, not in the slightest.” These were some of Tim Keller’s last words before passing away on May 19, 2023. Though He felt optimistic about joining His Lord at the gates of heaven, the many people he left behind did not feel so joyful....
