The PITI Blog
The Conquest of the Familiar
09/30/10
“Lord…let me know how fleeting my life is.” Psalm 39:4 Abraham Lincoln once listened to the pleas of the mother of a soldier who’d been sentenced to hang for treason. She begged the President to grant a pardon. Lincoln agreed....[more]
Wielding a Counter Strike to the Mean Girls out There
09/30/10
Revenge can be our antidote if we let it. So often we use revenge to try and counteract all the poison poured into our system. We think it will heal our pain. Hannah knew this all too well, yearning and aching for one...[more]
Keeping Score or Releasing Offense
09/30/10
There are essentially two ways of responding to life’s hurts and unfair experiences. Every time we get hurt, we choose to respond in one of these two ways. The first, natural response is to become a debt collector. We set...[more]
Do You Have Dissatisfied Contentment?
09/30/10
The basic tenet of Christian hedonism is that the desire to be happy is a proper motive for every good deed. Or conversely, if you abandon the pursuit of your own pleasure, you cannot please God or perform good deeds. I...[more]
The God-Focused Mind
09/30/10
It is a profound truth about human beings that our first area of freedom concerns where we will place our mind. Until solitude and silence have had their effects, our minds will very likely continue to be focused on the wrong...[more]
Countdown on Opportunity
09/27/10
Open doors, chance meetings, fleeting moments with treasured family and friends may soon pass us by. Carpe Diem (seize the moment) is a Biblical principle. Solomon said it best: "There is a time for everything, and a season...[more]
Tweeting or Texting God? Solitude and Silence Deepen Our Communion with God
09/26/10
In an age when people relate by Twitter and texting with small sound bytes that replace genuine intimacy, what, then, are some particular activities that can serve as disciplines for the spiritual life? And which should we...[more]
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