by Sarah Dannemiller | Apr 20, 2018 | Students
On Vocation As I approach the impending deadline of the “rest of my life,” the question of vocation haunts me like a Dickensian specter. The more I am asked the question, the larger it looms, building up an intolerable pressure. Posing such a question inevitably...
by Mark Hamilton | Feb 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Blessed is the one whose transgression is lifted off, whose sin is covered over. Blessed is the one to whom Yahweh does not attribute guilt and in whose spirit is no treachery. One of the hardest parts of writing anything is knowing where to begin. The Psalmist...
by Mark Hamilton | Feb 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Having grown up in a family in which my dad had a steady job and our schools were safe and our churches more often encouraging than not, deliverance is a hard concept for me. What does it look like? Not everyone has this problem because not everyone has mastered the...
by Mark Hamilton | Feb 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
I often hear that the proper response to God’s grace is gratitude. This is true, as far as it goes, but seems a bit passive. Worse, in human beings, gratitude often turns to resentment at the humiliation caused by disproportionate, un-pay-backable...
by Mark Hamilton | May 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Does the Gospel sell itself? That’s how I began this series of posts, and that’s how I’ll end it. If we are on a road alongside of which are exits to narcissism, self-indulgence, and self-promotion, and the Heavenly City seems further away in our...