by Hannah Rau | Apr 28, 2021 | Christian Life
The Bible often talks about meditating on God’s law, especially throughout the Psalms. Take Psalm 1 for example: Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose...
by Hannah Rau | Apr 20, 2021 | Christian Life
One of the strangest places I’ve ever learned about my own human nature is from C.S. Lewis’ satirical set of letters between two devils. The Screwtape Letters is an imagined correspondence to Wormwood, a “junior tempter,” from his superior devil, Screwtape. Screwtape...
by Hannah Rau | Apr 13, 2021 | Christian Life
I have a younger brother named Peter, who is a young adult with Down syndrome. Wintering in the same house with him this past year, we’ve had a lot of free time to hang out. One of the ways we like to spend time together is playing Mario Kart Wii. He adores the...
by Hannah Rau | Apr 7, 2021 | Christian Life
We may be seeing fewer people these days, but we still touch people’s lives in the most mundane ways. Think about the impact a bad or a good interaction with a stranger can have on the rest of your day. For example, a kind act of someone returning a lost item or...
by Hannah Rau | Mar 30, 2021 | Christian Life
“No guilt in life, no fear in death” These lines are from the fourth verse of “In Christ Alone.” This contemporary hymn expresses hope in the love, death, and power of Christ. Written by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend in 2001, the song quickly became internationally...
by Hannah Rau | Mar 24, 2021 | Christian Life
Moby Dick and Living with Risk as Christians “All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. And...
