"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." CS Lewis
Author Archives: Josh
Jesus the Moderate
I just read a recent blog post by Tyler Huckabee, an editor for Relevant Magazine. I would encourage people check out his blog The Unbearable Lightness of Huckabeing. I think he’s a gifted writer who creates some pretty stinging satire … Continue reading
You’ll Never Have It All
On August 20th we returned to China for our second year of teaching at our current school. Before that we enjoyed a whole month in the US. We were able to use that time to travel around the East Coast … Continue reading
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Back to Basics
Toni, Marcel and I have begun reading through C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity together. I bought an e-book discussion guide to help spark conversation and I’m pleased with how our first go at it went. For anyone not familiar with Mere … Continue reading
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Tagged C S Lewis, China, Christianity, Mere Christianity, morality
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Sha-la-la-la-la-la My Oh My
Can we please talk about this for a minute? This week it felt like everywhere I looked online people were posting, tweeting and sharing a video of strangers kissing each other. The reactions to the video were almost universally positive. … Continue reading
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Tagged first kiss, intimacy, kissing, kissing strangers, making out, Tatia Pllieva
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Can’t Buy Me Love
ONE FLESH When I was a college freshman, my roommate had a ‘cuddle buddy’. In fact, his cuddle buddy was an upperclass(wo)man that was in charge of leading us through school orientation. As you can tell, she took the job … Continue reading
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Tagged cuddle, kiss, kissing, loneliness, making out, physical affection, professional cuddler, Samantha Hess, sex, unconditional love
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Time Management: How We Spent 100,000 Years in 2013
LAMP OF THE BODY I read an article yesterday about the most-watched YouTube videos of 2013. Aside from the fact that there is essentially nothing but junk at the tops of the lists, I was floored by the amount of … Continue reading
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Tagged China, miley cyrus, plants vs zombies, time, time management, youtube
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Seeking Humility
MISCELLANEOUS I came across two separate articles today that had a similar theme. One was this article from RELEVANT Magazine about the fact that the Gospel is not meant to be a behavior-control device. The other was this blog post … Continue reading
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Tagged Asgeir Trausti, Christianity, Christians, Church, Dave Ramsey, Humility, Iceland, Jon Acuff, judgmental, pastor's kid, Relevant Magazine
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Give Me Back the Wheel, Jesus.
MISCELLANEOUS I’m not sure if it’s because I didn’t drive for about 2 years while I lived in Spain, but for some reason I have slowly developed some pretty significant anxiety when I’m behind the wheel. I can remember vividly … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety, Bay Bridge, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Driving, Eastern Shore, Maryland, prayer
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A Story from Film Class
LAMP OF THE BODY This is a really random story, but it popped into my head while walking my dog about a week ago so I figured I would share it. When I was in college I took a class … Continue reading
A Deeper Understanding
PREPARATION I am adding a new category to my blog in order to incorporate a new passion of mine. As I wrestle through the truth claims of the Bible, God has really pushed me to learn more about Christian apologetics. … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, Christianity, marriage, theology, trinity
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