Happy Sabbath! This morning we discuss Red Pills, Blue Pills, LSD, Fatal Attraction, Progressive Sanctification, Mercy, and Forgiveness. Get your favorite coffee mug (the one with the inspirational sayings on it) and join us as we continue reading through the Mockingbird Law & Gospel book! Click Here to View the Latest Episode!
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Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | September 21st
Happy Autumn! Happy Saturday! This morning, we are continuing our read-through of the Mockingbird Law & Gospel Book. This week, we are considering ‘the law as control’. Get your favorite Saturday morning refreshments and join us as we discuss how Lord of the Rings, Janet Jackson, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and The Rich Young Ruler (Matthew 19) help us see our addiction to control,Continue reading “Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | September 21st”
Friday Night Gospel | April 12th
Happy Friday! Here’s some good news, gospel implications, and random reflections to cap off your week. Enjoy! Why Are We In A Rush? Here’s a New York Times article that considers some of the reasoning behind why we can’t stop rushing all the time… We rush because we’re late. We also rush because we wantContinue reading “Friday Night Gospel | April 12th”
Friday Night Gospel | February 9th
Happy Friday…Here we go…Your weekly dose of law, gospel, and everyday life. Here’s where the law-in-life and gospel implications abounded for me this week. Enjoy…and as always, drop a comment, like, follow, and all that good stuff! In Memoriam… Last week, we failed to pay apt tributes to two recently deceased legends. In memoriam, weContinue reading “Friday Night Gospel | February 9th”
Friday Night Gospel | February 2nd
Happy Friday…Happy February. Here’s your wrap up of all the places law and grace “showed up and showed out” this week. Enjoy and feel free to drop a comment, like, or follow us! The Death of the Internet? Is it the ‘end of the web as we know it’? A brief article at IFL ScienceContinue reading “Friday Night Gospel | February 2nd”
Friday Night Gospel | January 26th
Happy Friday! Here’s your law/gospel roundup of all the places the perpetual tension between grace and self sufficiency have shown up in my feed (and my life) recently…I didn’t have time to cover everything I wanted to expound on, but alas, there’s always next week, I suppose. As always, feel free to share your favoriteContinue reading “Friday Night Gospel | January 26th”
Friday Reflections | January 19th
Happy Friday! Here’s a recap of the several places where I saw grace, law/gospel implications, and good news show up in surprising and unexpected ways. As always, feel free to drop a comment or share your favorites moments of experiencing or noticing the grace of God this week…Enjoy! End of Days? Last week, Bored PandaContinue reading “Friday Reflections | January 19th”
Friday Reflections | January 12th
Happy Friday! I’m a little late to the party on this, but I wanted to squeeze in my ‘top ten’ list for 2023 articles that helped me see grace in practice, law/gospel implications, and the law-in-life. My year-end list is followed by an end of the week round up of where I noticed grace intersectContinue reading “Friday Reflections | January 12th”
Emocore, Ecclesiastes, CS Lewis, and Grace…
Poets are priests mediating the invisible world for us spectators. Inasmuch as they describe the transcendent realm, they are relating to us truth about life, about love, about ourselves…if they do it with raw honesty, it helps us connect with our own personal register of emotions, memories, and sets of experiences. They might even helpContinue reading “Emocore, Ecclesiastes, CS Lewis, and Grace…”
Midweek Meds | Kids, Failure, & The Grace of God
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Hebrews 4:15 As a parent, I always want my kids to ‘not fail’ in the places in life where I failedContinue reading “Midweek Meds | Kids, Failure, & The Grace of God”
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 