Pursuit of the Christian ideal is more than being simply moral, we are called to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect (Mathew 5:48). A daily or regular examination of conscience, sometimes referred to as an examen, is a practice that goes back to the very early days of Christianity. It is... Continue Reading →
Being Christian is More than Being Moral
About three years ago, Phil Vischer, creator of Veggie Tales, gave an interview about Big Idea's bankruptcy and what he learned from the company's failure and his ambitions. The things he said still ring true, perhaps even more. So it's worth repeating here: After the bankruptcy I had kind of a forced sabbatical of... Continue Reading →
Pray for Revolution
If you've ever received an email from me, I use a non-standard closing: "Pray for Revolution." It's a phrase that appears throughout the site here at Eternal Revolution and there is even a shirt design using the phrase. I realized I never explained the source anywhere on this site. I admit, it is an... Continue Reading →
Interrupting the Impossible
While reading a book on business strategies, I came across an expression credited as "an ancient Chinese proverb." The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it. In the context I found it, the expression was an answer to naysayers who criticize a project or goal while the yet-impossible task... Continue Reading →
10 Things Christians Fear That They Should Not
It is human to be afraid. Everyone is afraid of something (or somethings). Several fears are in fact common to a lot of people. Fear motivates us to change. Whether it is some learned trait for survival or a psychological reflex to avoid danger, when we act on our fears we make a choice... Continue Reading →
Why Are You Here?
What makes less ‘sense’: A Christian Pirate A Christian Samurai or a Christian Financial Planner? G.K. Chesterton wrote in Orthodoxy: “Christianity even when watered down is hot enough to boil all modern society to rags. The mere minimum of the Church would be a deadly ultimatum to the world.” Obviously that isn’t true of Anne Rice’s ‘Christianity,’ but is it... Continue Reading →
The Career Father
My adventures as a freelancer have brought me back to the place 'between clients.' The point where we trust God's providence for our daily bread fully - as we ought to always - because efforts at the moment feel particularly in vain. Apparently this was something I was to consider this Lenten season. I can't say... Continue Reading →
Revolution Starts With You
It is all too easy to push off changing the world to things that “society,” “the future,” or even worse, “the government” ought to do. You may have noticed we don’t talk a lot here on Eternal Revolution about current politics, if at all. Most of us can’t affect the power plays of the ruling... Continue Reading →
Sacrifice of Lent – More than Giving Up Good Stuff
The season of Lent is almost upon us - 40 days prior to Easter (excluding Sundays) that are a time of preparation for the celebration of Jesus' passion and resurrection. The early Christian church marked the 40 days of preparation for Easter as far back as 325, and it was established formally in the... Continue Reading →
Called to be Faithful, not Successful
Although legendary and oft repeated quotes on the internet are sometimes inaccurate, and I have not been able to verify this one, the statement itself is very true: God has not called me to be successful; He has called me to be faithful. -Mother Teresa of Calcutta As you carry Christ's message to... Continue Reading →