How the study of philosophy, history, art, and science cultivates our love of God.

“We who are weak remind the entire church that salvation comes only through God and not through our self-sufficient striving.”

This sense that work is nearly impossible combines with the heightened perception of my sin to create a bitter and depressing potion. So what now?

The weight of heartache can crush us or become a point of connection with a weary world in desperate need of hope — now more than ever. Not all who suffer will find healing in this life. That is the bruising reality of our fallen world.

There are three songs in particular (yes, three, I’m a pastor after all) that have been playing on repeat in my head and heart.

Feeling out of control feels dangerous. As Christians, it forces us to decide whether we believe God is sovereign over the affairs of humanity, and if He is good no matter our suffering.

This is an opportunity for creative and innovative means of sharing the gospel in both word and deed.

We can flee for refuge to the One who is our Mighty Fortress. Like Isaiah wrote, there is a time for us to “enter our chambers, shut our doors,” and wait until “the fury passes by.” Why should we think that God would ask less of this generation than He has of our mothers and fathers?

I feel strangely prepared for this pandemic. It’s all miserable, of course, but it’s not entirely new.

If there’s anything this strange time has taught us, it’s that we need one another.