Replacing the Thought Is Not the Same as Suppressing It
Counseling talks about "taking every thought captive" as though it were a matter of willpower. The text describes something closer to substitution — and the difference decides whether it works.
Writing
Essays
Shorter pieces, published as they are finished. Sorted newest first, and sortable by subject — these are meant to be found by what they are about, not by when they happened to appear.
The Psalms Are Louder Than You Remember
We hand grieving people the calm psalms and skip the ones that shout. That editorial decision costs more than we think.
What the Kitchen Table Taught Me About Counseling
Twenty years of homeschooling turns out to be an unusually good apprenticeship for sitting with people — mostly because of what it teaches you about pace.