The Christian life is a marathon, not a sprint. The point is not to see how fast we can run, but to see how long we run. There will be times of fatigue and pain, times when we are tempted to drop out and give up. No one completes a marathon without learning the value [...]

FAITH is more than the sum of our beliefs or the stubbornness of our obedience. With time and experience, faith becomes a way of seeing the world and perceiving life. It becomes a lens through which our perspective is altered and refocused. Things that were once invisible become visible by faith. Horizons seen only dimly [...]

Commitment is good. But, for commitment to survive and thrive, it must quickly mature into trust. Any major commitment—especially one with eternal implications—contains a kernel of risk. It requires promises from us in the present that have consequences for an uncertain future. What if the situation changes? What if things get hard? What if this [...]

The second step of FAITH involves commitment—a personal dedication and public declaration that the ideas you claim to believe will make a difference in the way you live. Commitment is a necessary step that follows all the feeding God has been doing in our lives. Everything we learn from Scripture, everything we experience in relationship [...]

The first step of FAITH involves conviction—embracing the unique ideas and concepts that define us as Christians. What makes someone a Christian? Where you were born? (“This is a Christian nation.”) How your parents raised you? Whether you have a church affiliation? It’s a complicated question. But, surely, at some basic level, being a Christian [...]