Pilgrim’s Progress Journal: Chapter 11 - Timorous and Mistrust
January 17, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Having recovered his scroll and pressed on up the hill, Christian now meets another test, not of strength this time, but of courage.
Pilgrim’s Progress Journal: Chapter 10 - The Hill Difficulty
January 17, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Soon Christian’s road leads him to a place that every believer eventually faces: a path that grows steep, hard, and costly—the Hill Difficulty.
Pilgrim’s Progress Journal: Chapter 9 - Formalist and Hypocrisy
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Not long after leaving the sleepers behind, Christian discovers that danger on the road doesn’t always look lazy or careless. Sometimes it looks very religious.
Pilgrim’s Progress Journal: Chapter 8 - Simple, Sloth, and Presumption
January 17, 2026 at 09:25 AM
Coming away from the cross, forgiven and changed, you might expect Christian’s path to be lined only with encouragement. Instead, he soon meets a quiet but sobering warning in the form of three men who have simply stopped caring about the journey at all.
A Late Start to the New Year
January 12, 2026 at 08:40 PM
First post of the new year… only a few weeks late. 😬
So far 2026 has been going well, or at least I don’t have anything worth complaining about. I’m sure I could find something if I really tried, but for now I’ll spare us both and just catch things up a bit.
Pilgrim’s Progress Journal: Chapter 7 — The Cross
December 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
All of Christian’s journey so far, with its burden, fears, and struggles, has been leading him to one central place: the Cross.
Pilgrim’s Progress Journal: Chapter 6 — The House of the Interpreter
December 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Having passed through the gate, Christian is now brought to a place where his eyes and heart will be further trained for the road ahead, the House of the Interpreter.
Pilgrim’s Progress Journal: Chapter 5 — The Narrow Gate
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
After all the distractions, detours, and discouragements, Christian finally comes to the place he has been longing for since leaving the City of Destruction, the Wicket Gate.
When Conviction Feels Like Fog
December 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There are days when I feel convicted and couldn’t tell you exactly why.
Nothing dramatic has happened. I haven’t crashed and burned in some obvious way. There’s no single conversation I can point to and say, “That’s where it went wrong.” And yet there’s this quiet weight in my heart; like the Lord has gently put His hand on something and said, “This isn’t right,” and I’m squinting at my own life trying to see what He sees, and not quite managing it.
Winter, Readings, and Quiet Plans
December 08, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Winter is officially here.
I wouldn’t say we’ve had a storm yet, but we’ve already had enough whiteout conditions and blowing snow for me. The schools have been cancelled a few days, and we even had to cancel our Prayer/Bible study meeting this past Thursday because the weather made it a bad idea for anyone to be on the roads.
That’s always a strange feeling, skipping a meeting not because of schedule or sickness, but because the Island has decided to remind us who’s really in charge of travel.