“ God’s absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that ch… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Tragedy descends, and in the carnage our enraged cynicism screams ‘If there was a God, He would not have allowed this!’ And somehow we’ve conveniently forgotten that once upon a time He allowed us to… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror? Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him? Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Kicking the can down the road implies that we’re accepted the galling reality that whatever it is that we’ve avoiding, it’s something that’s not going to go away; at least on its own. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ One sure way I can avoid facing myself is by refusing to look into the face of God. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If it’s the benefit to myself that drives my decisions, I can know that I’m driving down a long road with a short bridge. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If we ignorantly act to solely serve our agenda, we’re simply slogging around in the egocentric and brackish backwaters of selfishness. Any response that comes out of that kind of cesspool will be vul… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Have we ever thought to consider that we create values that ‘feel’ right because they serve our current agendas, which is an infinitely different thing from values that ‘are’ right because they serve… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Risk is uncertainty injected into our most vulnerable places. And because that’s the case, we may choose not to risk. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It’s not so much about the cards you’re dealt; it’s a whole lot more about whether you play them well, or play them at all. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Every life is a canvas and every interaction is a brush, therefore we’d be wise to consider how we handle the paint. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Loving those who hate us means wantonly setting the stage and orchestrating the situation in a way that’s sure to result in a production of great personal calamity. But to not love them is an even gre… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Christmas is God saving mankind from the folly of mankind’s grandiose sense of greatness. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ There’s something inherently majestic about Christmas that seems to have been abandoned by us; something flippantly cast aside, something that was foolishly abandoned and was tragically forgotten in t… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Christmas is not a story birthed of a humanized god for it simply doesn’t fit into the rubric of such an emaciated plot. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Maybe the greatest hope of Christmas is that what it purports to be is exactly what it is. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ The ‘deep pause’ needed to cultivate wonder is far too often back-filled with an incessant busyness, as busyness errantly presumes a ‘deep pause’ to be deeply wasteful. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It’s about recognizing that the great movements and moments in history laid on the backs of ordinary people who simply chose to do extraordinary things. Craig D. Lounsbrough
