Tag Archives: "After God's Own Heart"

The Beatitudes Are About the Heart. Matthew 5:1-10.

Every culture looks at outward traits. To be popular as a high school student requires one set of traits. To be popular in medical school requires a different set of traits. To fit in during US Navy SEAL training might require a third set of traits. But in every context, people respect the visible appearanceContinue reading “The Beatitudes Are About the Heart. Matthew 5:1-10.”

Layers.

Childhood emotions come in single syllables: mad, sad, glad.  You laugh, cry, pout, fume.  Adulthood is complicated.  You feel pensive, ambivalent, bittersweet.  Adult emotions have more layers than a wedding cake.  David understood.  This poet who killed giants, this warrior who was a music therapist, this military tactician who cuddled lambs—David understood complex emotions.  ForContinue reading “Layers.”

Non-Toxic Masculinity.

American culture exalts a narrow view of manhood: you gotta be rugged, strong, and unemotional, like pickup trucks banging up and down mountains in TV commercials, chewing up boulders and spitting out gravel.  But the ads are fake.  If you treat your truck that way you will not only destroy the suspension, you may voidContinue reading “Non-Toxic Masculinity.”