A sincere young teen being raised in a homeschooling family asked: “Can a person be both Christian and cool?” She was a large, expansive thinker, so she meant this to the depths. She meant to be a real Christian. I have considered her question for over a decade.
To this, I would now give a [...]

Mt 8:18-27 (NIV) (with subheadings):
The Cost of Following Jesus
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens [...]

What is beautiful to us? Does anything enrapture us?
A few things come to mind, but do they take our heart to a world outside its own? Or do they not rattle our own confines? Are these things truly “the beautiful”?
Asked, “Is Jesus ravishing your heart?” Is that even expected? To ravish means “TO TRANSPORT with [...]