Posts with the tag “mark-tremaine”

Do you remember your first car? It likely wasn’t the fanciest or the fastest, but you might remember it fondly anyway. My first car was, well…different.Our family car when I was growing up was a dull ...  Read More

During my preteen years, I participated in a competition called the National Bible Bee. Imagine a spelling bee with kids and teens reciting Bible verses instead of unheard-of words, and you’ll get the...  Read More

Our baby girl, Lottie, turned six months old last week. People told me the time would fly by, and now I realize how right they were. It feels like yesterday that I was holding her for the first time.T...  Read More

I played a lot of board games growing up. It’s still one of my favorite pastimes. For some games, we developed “house rules,” rules we added to the game to make it more engaging, or to create obstacle...  Read More

If you ever have the misfortune to receive an email from me, you’ll notice a few strange words below my email signature. They read Soli Deo Gloria, a phrase in Latin. What is the significance of this ...  Read More

The Apostle Paul was not above using the occasional sports analogy (see 1 Corinthians 9:24–27, 2 Timothy 2:5), and I don’t think we have to be, either. On Sunday, millions in America will tune into th...  Read More

Thanksgiving is unique among holidays in that it is food-centric. Other holidays typically include a meal (Christmas dinner, Easter brunch, 4th of July barbeque), but at Thanksgiving, the celebration ...  Read More

My parents had a set of stock phrases they used on myself and my siblings growing up. (My guess is that your parents probably did, too.) I still remember many of them: “Obey all the way, right away, w...  Read More

It was spring break of my junior year, March 2022. My long-distance girlfriend, Lauren, was flying to my hometown in Dallas to meet my family for the first time. We were midway through the week, and e...  Read More

My college roommate once challenged me to write a research paper on superheroes, which regrettably never materialized. Its basis, however, would have been a few things I’ve observed about superheroes ...  Read More

Jesus’ interaction with the Samaritan woman in John 4 is fascinating. I am often struck by how Jesus refuses to write off the Samaritan woman as unworthy of his time and attention. Not only is she a S...  Read More

June 2, 2013—ten years ago this month—marks a significant date in my own spiritual history. At the seasoned age of twelve years old, I was given the opportunity to teach my middle school group on Sund...  Read More