Hid in Christ: A Hymn on Colossians 3:3This is my attempt at writing a hymn. It’s a commentary on Colossians 3:3: “For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” I don’t know anything about writing music, but I figured it couldn’t be any harder than writing a poem. You be the judge. Long ago we once stood…
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Top 100 Hymns Against Top 100 Contemporary Praise SongsA. W. Tozer said something in his that struck me: Some old hymn books may yet be found in which the hymns have no names; a line in italics above each one indicates its theme, and the worshipping heart cannot but rejoice in what it finds: ‘God’s glorious perfections celebrated.’ ‘Wisdom, majesty and goodness.’ ‘Omniscience.’…
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Did you know that American short story writer had a peacock farm when she was still alive? This I did not know. Until I learned about it in a most peculiar way. I’ll get to that in a minute. The Middle-of-the-Summer Outdoor Music Festival My first exposure to O’Connor, like many of you, was when…
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In which I encounter one of the most sublime definitions of beauty–because God cares about art. In the last two decades of the 19th Century Leo Tolstoy went on a philosophical and polemical tear, attacking the Russian church, landowners and even the Gospels. It culminated in a book called To say this book is intense…
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Not really sure why I was excited when I found an example of waterboarding in the Bible. But I was. This was one of those epiphanies that should be marked as “Disturbing but Sublime.” Like as in I think I found something nobody else knows about… But it’s kind of creepy–do I even want to…
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The only reason why I really wanted to write this blog post is so I could show you the coolest logo in the world. I’ll tell you who designed it for me below. But then I thought that since THIS May 20, 2012 will mark the 2 year anniversary of abandoning Fallen and Flawed, I…
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Where you get schooled in the basics of Fallen and Flawed. So, to help you understand what this blog is all about, I created a beginner’s guide… Think of it as a historical primer on the purpose behind this blog. More importantly, see it as a guide to help you plan, launch and grow…
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Imagine this. You are sitting in the pew of a church with a cathedral-high ceiling. Stain glass windows. It’s lit with sunlight but a tad chilly. Eventually the pastor approaches the lectern, sets his Bible down, reaches inside his wool sport coat and pulls out a pair of reading glasses. He then cracks open his…
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Actually, the epiphanies aren’t lousy. I’m just smarting over the low-grade but ruthless abuse I took to get them. Yet I have no one to blame but myself. I chose to hike 45 miles through the Smokey Mountains in 3 days. Why? Because I love to hike. I love a ridiculous challenge. And I…
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Short story on how a man who four years ago would’ve stomped away in a subtle rage, managed to see beyond himself and care for other people. If you’re interested in stories with classical happy endings, you might be better off reading something else… Naturally, it depends on how you define “happy endings.” The prince…
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