The Jerk
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about grace, particularly about how seldom I offer it to those around me. I was recently in a situation where someone with whom I had decided to be angry point blank asked me to extend grace to them. That’s a tough pill to swallow, especially when I had already […]
Disoriented Beginnings
Today, I get to enter Relevant’s blogosphere. We’ll try this little experiment and see how it goes.
Interacting with Scripture requires alot of humility, I think. We’ll probably understand a good bit, but we’ll probably be befuddled just as often. As much as we might come to the Bible to find answers, Scripture often leads us to a whole […]
Deadlines …
The past several days, the magazine has been on deadline, a process which generally makes me feel like my head is in a slowly-tightening vise. I have to say, though, the new issue has turned out incredibly well. It’s my favorite thus far. It turned out to have a near-perfect balance of deep and challenging […]
Traveling Light
I am going backpacking this weekend with three good friends and one guy I don’t know at all. We’re headed up to the Bushnell Lakes, a series of three alpine lakes at 11,500 feet in the San Isabel National Forest near Salida, Colorado.
It’s been several years since my last backpacking trip. I used to do […]
Bikes Are Healthy!
My wife and I try to maintain a reasonably good-for-us diet, and as a result, we’re always talking to our kids about which foods are (and aren’t) healthy. Our kids are weird in that they pretty much like healthy stuff. Broccoli is a staple at the Boyett house, as are strawberries and other fruits. Neither […]
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