Category: Living The Life

This series began with a simple but searching question: What do we do with our desires? Not how do we silence them.Not how do we instantly fulfill them.But how do we understand them in light of the goodness of God? Across these five posts, we have traced the spiritual journey of desire—from its origin to…

Throughout this series, we have traced the shape of desire. We have seen its origin in the goodness of God.We have watched it bend under imitation and misdirection.We have explored how it can be retrained through delight.And we have faced the holy tension of longing that does not disappear—even in redeemed hearts. Now we come…

We have spoken about desire as restlessness.As imitation.As misdirection. We have also seen that desire can be reformed—retrained through delight in God rather than suppressed or shamed. But here is the honest truth: even when our hearts are aligned with God, desire does not disappear. And perhaps it was never meant to. “Hope deferred makes…

We have been learning this simple but unsettling truth: our desires are not the enemy. They are signposts. They point beyond themselves, whispering that we were made for more than what this world can offer. The problem is not that we want too much.It is that we often settle for far too little. So, the…

Desire rarely arrives fully formed. It begins as a whisper.It stretches toward something it cannot quite name.It grows, wanders, and often learns through disappointment. Most of us quietly believe that if we could just identify the right desire—and finally fulfill it—rest would follow. If we could reach the goal, secure the relationship, achieve the clarity,…

“There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza…” An old German folk song tells a simple, almost absurd story. It’s playful, repetitive, even a little silly. Henry cannot fetch water because there’s a hole in his bucket. Liza tells him to fix it. Henry asks with what. Liza offers a solution. And every…