A La Carte (November 18)
A La Carte: The spiritual discipline of sleep / Holy leisure and hollow rest / Outgiving God / Processing isn’t always good / Who I was waiting for / Sermon delivery / Kindle deals / and more.
Explore November 2025
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Hope for Spiritually Depressed Christians
We all walk through seasons where the darkness doesn’t lift. You’re praying, reading your Bible, doing the right things—and still, the weight won’t let up. If that’s you—or someone you love—there’s a book I want you to check out. It’s called Overcoming the Darkness by Nate Pickowicz. It looks at spiritual depression through the lens…
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Why Euthanasia Feels Intuitive
Canada has gained a lot of attention in recent years due to its commitment to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), its preferred idiom for euthanasia. Some honor Canada as groundbreaking in its commitment to bringing dignity to death while others abhor it as taking advantage of the weak, the elderly, and the vulnerable. Already euthanasia…
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A La Carte (November 17)
A La Carte: It’s safe to be sad / Jesus was not born in a stable / Unburden your soul / Time is not money / Intellectual disabilities / Kindle deals / and more.
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The Man Who Plays Pastor
Christians have long compared prayer to a thermometer that measures spiritual heat. When we grow complacent in our relationship with the Lord, that thermometer almost invariably registers cool, for in such times we pray seldom and we pray without fervor.
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Weekend A La Carte (November 15)
A La Carte: Tempted to be exceptional / Praying to Mary / Sage fatherly advice / Stewards of creation / Slow to speak on social media / Kindle deals / and more.
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Free Stuff Fridays (The Good Book Company)
Free Stuff Fridays! Win one of three Advent Bundles!
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The Return of the Ancients and the Future of America
Every now and again, I decide that I will visit the ECPA list of bestselling Christian books and read the number one bestseller, no matter what it is. It is a decision I often regret. I wish the books that rose to the top were the best of the best, but, sadly, they are often…
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A La Carte (November 14)
A La Carte: Jesus among the spiritualities / Is that book written by AI? / How to provoke your children to anger / Full of grace and truth / One of the best defenses against depression / and more.
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2 Active Ways to Grow in Our Desire for the Kingdom
“Lord, teach us to pray.” Here are two active ways to grow in your desire for the Kingdom of God.
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A La Carte (November 13)
A La Carte: The deconstruction of Evangelical missions / Is this the one? / False advertising by Christian colleges / The great wizardry of Oz / Embrace the hardship / and more.
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Hosting Your Own Little Haman Party
It often surprises me how inadvertently selfish we human beings can be and how obliviously self-centered our behavior can become. I see this in many ways, but one has stood out to me over the past little stretch of time.
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A La Carte (November 12)
A La Carte: The pastor and the pundit / Why non-Christians oppose trans ideology / The mercy of grief / The gift of midlife friendship / Overdiscipling children / Critically ill loved ones / Kindle deals / and more.
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A La Carte (November 11)
A La Carte: From addition to multiplication / The post-literate pastor / Praying for children who have walked away / To my almost-adult kits / The goal of our soul care / Kindle deals / and more.
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When It Feels Like the Temptation Is Coming From Outside
No Christian tradition is perfect, which means that every Christian tradition has its own strengths and weaknesses. Every tradition has areas in which it presses hard to understand and live according to biblical truth, but then also areas in which it inevitably fails to completely match Scripture’s teaching and emphases. Since every tradition is the…
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A La Carte (November 10)
A La Carte: Wanderlust / Afraid to have children / When you’re struggling with joy / Autism care for families / Noisy world, quiet heart / Top 5 seminaries / Great Kindle deals / and more.
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Nothing but a Passionate, Heartfelt Sin
When we think of worship, our thoughts almost always gravitate to singing—the two have become inseparable and almost synonymous in our minds and in our church services. Yet singing is actually just one component of worship. We worship when we sing, but we also worship when we read Scripture, when we listen to a sermon,…
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Weekend A La Carte (November 8)
A La Carte: Sending isn’t a consolation prize / Suffering and resilience / The loneliness of being rejected / Word hard, rest hard, trust God / Expand your family at church / Kindle deals / and more.
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Free Stuff Fridays (PrayMore)
Free Stuff Fridays: PrayMore is giving away 25 free small group subscriptions to the PrayMore app! #Sponsored
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The Biblical Call To Bodily Care
Christians can often have a strange relationship with the body. Certain Christian traditions have treated the body as if it is no more than a shell for the soul, a material self that is of little importance when compared to the immaterial self. Other Christian traditions have treated the body as if it is of…