“It is not possible to be ‘incidentally a Christian.’ The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly first or nothing. This suggests a reason for the dislike of Christians by nominal or non-Christians: their lives contain no overwhelming first but many balances.”
― Sheldon Vanauken

“It is, I think, that we are all so alone in what lies deepest in our souls, so unable to find the words, and perhaps the courage to speak with unlocked hearts, that we don’t know at all that it is the same with others.”
― Sheldon Vanauken, A Severe Mercy

So, we are having a baby. Wow. That is so amazing. I find myself in shock, excitement, wonder and trepidation all at the same time. At the moment, I am mostly impressed with my wife and what she is going through… how her body is preparing for our child although she is only just 7 weeks (at…

“I found that I knew not only that there was God, but that I was a child of God. When I understood that, when I comprehended that, more than that, when I internalized that, ingested that, I became courageous. I dared to do anything that was a good thing. I dared to do things as distant from what seemed to be in…

I recently saw a status that lasted 3 days long. In summary, and in my opinion it came down to people’s general behaviour while the church is congregated together, and then led to the purpose of church meetings in particular the services.