gifts

  • The Chapters Before Us

    Father’s Day has a way of making me think about things I didn’t understand when I was younger. Not because nobody explained them to me, but because children have a limited view of the world. They see what’s directly in front of them and assume that’s the whole story. When I was little, I knew…

  • When the Things We Chase Slip Through Our Hands

    Ecclesiastes is a book in the Bible that reads almost like the journal of someone who has tried everything people usually chase in life—and discovered that none of it can carry the full weight of the human heart. The writer, traditionally understood to be Solomon, speaks with unusual honesty. He had wisdom, wealth, influence, accomplishment,…