Christian Hedonism

That’s the catch-phrase coined by John Piper in his book “Desiring God”.

I remember hearing it for the first time and being certain that I must have misheard something.  How could those two words even go together?!

But as I listened and read, I recognized that a HUGE truth was contained within this phrase, a truth that I’d never really heard before, and a truth tied up in everything that is “the glory of God”.

Care to hear more?

Here’s a brief summary of the idea from Piper’s fantastic website: DesiringGod.org.

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One Year

A lot can happen in that time!

We’ve been thinking that lately as our home-for-one-year dates have come and gone this summer.

But we’re not the only ones.

My childhood friend Stephen has a significant entry of reflection back on the year that was, in his family.