God as “resource”

As with any profession, the world of foster care has its own insider lingo. One word that I hear on a daily basis now is “resource.” For example, we look to identify which “community resources” are available to caregivers for support– public assistance, libraries, mental health centers, financial aid of various sorts, educational [...]

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“corruption and decay/Are turned…”

Within This Strange and Quickened Dust
O God, within this strange and quickened dust
The beating heart controls the coursing blood
In discipline that holds in check the flood
But cannot stem corrosion and dark rust.
In flesh’s solitude I count it blest
That only you, my Lord, can see my heart
With passion’s darkness tearing it apart
With storms of self, and [...]

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Surprised by Faith: Finding my Voice

I have not journaled here on Vox very much about my counseling internship, mostly due to being extremely busy. I hope to be more intentional about making time to reflect on what I’m learning.
One thing I’m certain the Lord is teaching me now is faith. I have been wrestling quite a bit with [...]

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On Loving Democrats

Russell D. Moore has a well-articulated mini essay over at Mere Comments about why believers should pray for our governmental authorities, even (or especially) those with whom we might disagree. Would that more Christians were as devoted to our Bibles, which call us to love and prayer, as we are to our political parties. [...]

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New Testament Summer Challenge

Every summer I make an effort to get in more Bible reading than I was able to do during the school year. A few summers ago I devised the “New Testament Summer Challenge,” a reading schedule which covers the whole New Testament in about three months, at the manageable pace of 3-4 chapters per day, [...]

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"The startling claim of the gospel …

… is that you will only ‘find yourself’ if you want something more than to find yourself. Christ will only ‘work’ for you if you are true to Him whether He works for you or not. You must not come to Him because He is fulfilling (although He is) or empowering (though He will) but [...]

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answered prayer

Well, God is good, and faithful — I trusted him despite my fears and anxieties for yesterday, and as it turns out, the new responsibilities at work are not going to kick in until next month. Whew! Slight misunderstanding with my employer, but he wanted me to begin learning how to do this, while the [...]

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faith: evening prayer

Tonight I was just thinking over the responsibilities and concerns for tomorrow and growing anxious. My employer has asked me to take on a significant new duty (calculating the commissions on paid invoices from the last month) and I have to find a way to learn how to do this, get it done tomorrow, plus [...]

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Post Easter Quote

In one of my classes today, we were presented with the following quote from Geerhardus Vos. I was struck by how powerful and beautiful it was - I only wish I’d found it in time to post for Easter.
“[Death] is first of all a minister of condemnation, the personified, incarnate sentence of God against sin. [...]

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Too Busy for Holy Week?

Well, despite the fact that this week is Westminster’s spring break (no classes), I have been busy catching up with my “day job” at Barrington. I’ve been putting in extra hours towards the front of the week, hoping to free up some blocks of time to read and catch up on class work before finals. [...]

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