Have you been late in loving beauty? Reader, That might seem like an odd question, especially since our culture is obsessed with beauty. Beauty stops us, and sells us. But there's a world of difference between noticing beauty and seeing God in beauty. When Augustine connected his love of beauty to God, he proclaimed of his discovery, "Late have I loved you, Beauty so old and so new: late have I loved you." He had admired beauty his whole life, but he was late in truly seeing it. Once he...

When Life Gets Busy, Keep Abiding Reader, Do you ever say to yourself, "I'll read my Bible, after I ____ (fill in the blank)." You have every intention of sitting down and spending some time with the Lord, but first you have to check your email, fold some laundry, and pack the kids' lunches. Before you know it, those good intentions are lost to an endless list of to-dos and interruptions. I've often wondered if Martha had similar intentions. Maybe she had planned to sit at Jesus' feet, but...

Have you ever had a flash of truth? Reader, You never know when or where they'll strike, but chances are you've had one. That moment when truth breaks through to your soul. Something you once believed in error is dismantled, or something yet unknown is suddenly made clear. Augustine called this a "flash of truth." As Christians, we know that truth isn't just a principle, but a Person. And as Christian writers, we can learn to notice flashes of truth and invite our readers to do the same. The...