Shake yourself from the dust and arise. Loose the bonds from your neck.
The U.S. birthrate is not only declining but is at a record low. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the birthrate of 1.66 children per woman is the lowest on record since tracking began in 1979. The Wall Street Journal points to factors such as men and women delaying having… Continue reading Legacy That Lasts
The Suck The military has some advice for soldiers in crappy situations: “Embrace the suck.” The suck is every bad situation that we have no control over, which is a lot. Rather than be defeated by it, fight it by embracing it. Lean into the suck. Life on this side of the fall of man… Continue reading Embrace the Suck
What does it mean to be a worthy man? In Ruth 2:1, the narrator describes a relative of Elimelech named Boaz who was “a worthy man.” We must recall that the story in Ruth occurred during the time of the Judges, and then we must remember how some men at that time were described as… Continue reading Be Worthy Men
If Judges is a post-apocalyptic survival movie, Ruth is a romantic drama … set in a post-apocalyptic survival movie. Think The Book of Eli meets Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. Like all good dramas, it opens up with hardship; the people of God in Bethlehem are experiencing a famine. Greta Thunberg wasn’t there to tell them… Continue reading Moving to Moab: Four Observations from Ruth
Awake! Put on strength! 