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“Let the words of my mouth & the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14


Tending to the Temple
No sooner had I learned that my wife and I were expecting a son, than did another revelation flit across my mind: “I’m having a boy... I’m having a son!—Hmm, I really need to get back into shape.
Joshua Budimlic
14 hours ago10 min read


A Story Within a Story
Time. Christopher Nolan’s 2010 film, Inception, much like Nolan himself, is chiefly concerned with time.
Joshua Budimlic
4 days ago9 min read


Heaven: Home or Holiday?
When I’m on vacation, I so often find it difficult to do that very thing for which vacation was made—rest.
Joshua Budimlic
Feb 188 min read


Holy Humor
True humor is from the Lord. For remember, evil cannot create anything: it only has the capacity to corrupt. And, as it is with all good things,—whether it be nature, humor, or even fat raccoons—one day the corrupting effects of sin will be done away with entirely by Christ and we shall then see and taste all good things as God originally intended them. Indeed, we as God’s people ought to daily groan inwardly for the redemption of all that which has been tarnished by the Fal
Joshua Budimlic
Feb 128 min read


The Content of Contentment
President Teddy Roosevelt once made the observation that, “Comparison is the thief of joy.” For the most part, I tend to agree with him—though, I wouldn’t have used the word comparison, but we’ll get around to all that.
Joshua Budimlic
Feb 810 min read


“So Long, Partner”
Eight years ago to this very day, February the 3rd, my family said So long to the dearest man in all the world.
Joshua Budimlic
Feb 35 min read


Holy, Holy, Holy: The Gospel According to Isaiah Six
After from the Bible, no other book has so thoroughly shaped my soul than R.C. Sproul’s classic work, The Holiness of God.
Joshua Budimlic
Jan 3114 min read


For Such a Time as This
It’s no secret that the name of God is entirely absent from the book of Esther. God is most certainly present, as He always is, but His name—the simple utterance of it—is quite noticeably missing. Again, this isn’t a secret, but it is surprising. The Bible is, after all, a Him book (it’s all about Him) and so it’s curious that God is not talked about or praised in the book of Esther as He is elsewhere in His word.
Joshua Budimlic
Jan 287 min read


The Weight of Story: Catastrophes & Eucatastrophes
When Netflix’s hit television show Stranger Things was announced back in the fog of 2015, I was immediately intrigued to say the very least.
Joshua Budimlic
Jan 239 min read
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