It is hard to talk about anxiety in a helpful way. At best, I have a shallow, half-understanding of anxiety. I am not a psychologist, and I no longer have the absolute confidence of a person who has only known one story of anxiety up close. A flat, simple story of anxiety is easy to...
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Barbie Dreamhouse recently celebrated 62 years of existence.[1] The first house included a black and white TV box, an uneven checkered rug, and a painful-looking plaid couch. Dreamhouse Toys began with a modest fantasy. Yet, few artifacts outline the recent history of commoditization as thoroughly as the Barbie Dreamhouse. Each decade fetched a brighter idea...
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A spoiled little brat tattletales on his brothers, and they hate him for it. Anyone could have seen that coming in Genesis 37. Of course, the response of Joseph’s brothers is rather severe: they try to kill him, only belatedly settling for selling him into slavery. Poisoned family relationships in the ultimate dysfunctional environment. As...
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Numbers 11 recounts a terrible yet far too familiar story of discontentment, ingratitude, and the resulting anger of God being administered. The sobering conclusion of the passage begins to put into perspective how seriously the Lord takes these things. While God does send meat to the desperate, complaining Israelites, he strikes down those who craved...
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