Take a moment and reflect on a circumstance in your life that is crumbling all around you. This crumbling is beyond your control, like a sand castle being battered by the rising tide. You’ve tried reassembling the pieces and putting them into their desired shape, but the sand continues to slip through your fingers as the castle dissolves and washes away into the ocean’s abyss.
Our Battered Sand Castles
Take a moment and reflect on a circumstance in your life that is crumbling all around you. This crumbling is beyond your control, like a sand castle being battered by the rising tide. You’ve tried reassembling the pieces and putting them into their desired shape, but the sand continues to slip through your fingers as the castle dissolves and washes away into the ocean’s abyss.
The ‘Shelter in the Storm’ Launch Team
Hi everyone, my new book ‘Shelter in the Storm: 40 Psalms on God’s Faithfulness’ releases on September 1st and I’m hoping you’ll join the launch team to help get the message into more people’s hands and hearts. A supportive launch team is the catalyst for a chain reaction of people discovering the book, and Lord willing, being shaped and transformed by it as they spend devotional time with God.
Why Join the ‘Shelter in the Storm’ Book Launch Team
Hi everyone, my new book ‘Shelter in the Storm: 40 Psalms on God’s Faithfulness’ releases on September 1st and I’m hoping you’ll join the launch team to help get the message into more people’s hands and hearts. A supportive launch team is the catalyst for a chain reaction of people discovering the book, and Lord willing, being shaped and transformed by it as they spend devotional time with God.
Ep. 92: Ken Wytsma on Chronic Pain, Compassion Fatigue, and a Theology of Suffering
Ken Wytsma discusses his journey from being a high-achieving leader to one slowed down by chronic illness and how this has made him relook at his identity. Throughout this conversation, Ken shares a lot of wisdom gained from doing pastoral and justice work for decades, including how to go at a sustainable pace.
Ep. 83: Interview with Alan Noble on Suffering, Depression, and Getting Out of Bed
Noah interviews Dr. Alan Noble about his new book On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living (InterVarsity Press). They discuss the daily realities of suffering and depression contrasted with the church’s tendency to fake it like everything is okay and that if you do things God’s way, he will fix everything.