Cultivating Our Inner Landscape

A close friend recently shared his deep concern about his father — a servant-hearted pastor who's given decades to his community. My friend believes his father's pride has crossed into idolatry, specifically for teaching that Jesus is God and encouraging people to worship Him. He's convinced this spiritual error is so serious it could cost his father his eternal soul. From my perspective, having known this family for twenty-five years, the intensity of his judgment feels root

One of the most powerful and personal statements in the New Testament is found in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (literal rendering): “Have you not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which you have from God? and you are not your own, for you were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body...” (adapted from Young’s Literal Translation / interlinear Greek). And again in 1 Corinthians 7:23: “With a price you were bought, become not servants of men.”T

Yesterday I noticed she had blocked me on social media. No warning, no explanation—just gone. And she did it right before announcing her pregnancy to the world. On the surface, it feels almost silly to be hurt by a block. It’s just social media, right? A petty, modern convenience we use when we don’t want to deal with someone. These days, we can just delete a person when their presence no longer seems to "serve us" or "our path." But when that “someone” is the woman who lived