Tag: christianity

• Take Everything for Granted

  Don’t take it for granted. You’ve probably heard the above statement thousands of times in your life. It inhabits the spaces of motivation, of discipline, of encouragement. It rings with the tone of humility and growth. It calls the reader to not assume anything, but rather to work and appreciate. But is it true? When…

  matthewcgillum

  February 19, 2026

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  beauty, bible, christianity, discipleship, don’t take it for granted, faith, god, grace, jesus, metamodernism, motivation

• Tides

  Recently my family had the privilege of getting to spend some time together down in Port Aransas and (as the girls call it) Corpus Crispy. We enjoy going down there for the seafood, for the aquarium, for the two-story Whataburger, but most of all for the sea. It is a non-negotiable that if we’re by…

  matthewcgillum

  February 17, 2026

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  beauty, bible, christianity, corpus christi, faith, god, jesus, metamodernism, ocean, port aransas, psalms, sea, surf, waves

• You Need Some Gum

  The other day I was at a meeting after a long day of work that my wife was going to join me at. I’d been working all day, and this meeting was on a topic that both of us were passionate about, so I was excited for her to join me. As she sat down,…

  matthewcgillum

  February 14, 2026

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  bible, christianity, coffee, faith, fiction, god, jesus, life, love, mental-health, metamodernism, writing

• Proxy Heart

  I really debated on whether I’d post over the tumult around ICE and the ongoing cultural war that seems to grab everyone’s hearts. But there have been things nearer to home that compel the conversation. First some caveats that I hope to communicate to you: God desires that prayers be offered up for all earthly…

  matthewcgillum

  February 9, 2026

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  beauty, bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, justice, protest

• Alchemy on an Airplane

  I don’t enjoy random conversations with people on airplanes (way too close sitting in the seat next to me, but that’s my introvert neurosis), but I love listening to other people have weird conversations. The other day on a flight that I had strategically planned to have no one else on my row, I overheard…

  matthewcgillum

  February 3, 2026

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  beauty, bible, calling, christianity, faith, god, jesus, metamodernism, ministry

• The Nintendo Prayer

  With our family’s propensity to spend too much time on video games, when we got our Nintendo Switch I made the decision to put time limits on the device, specifically 15 minutes before getting locked out and asking for parent permission to reactivate. It creates a fun interaction most afternoons after school where one of…

  matthewcgillum

  January 30, 2026

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  beauty, bible, calling, christianity, faith, god, jesus, mental-health, nintendo, prayer, video games

• Snorkeling the Heights

  I was online today (as one does when in a Texas ice day and the boy is having him some Cocomelon on TV), and ran across the phrase “Deeper Christian.” It caused me to pause. This idea the cause for a lot of our problems in Christianity. I think we need to ditch it. I…

  matthewcgillum

  January 26, 2026

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  beauty, bible, calling, christianity, faith, god, jesus, mental-health, metamodernism, snorkeling

• I Made a Fire

  Growing up, I understood that a fireplace in Texas was a lot like a Texas creek. Just like you couldn’t assume that something called a creek in Texas would ever have water in it, you couldn’t assume often that the elements would line up well enough to actually make a fire in a fireplace. Cold…

  matthewcgillum

  January 24, 2026

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  beauty, bible, christianity, faith, fire, god, jesus, metamodernism, outdoors

• The Erasing of a Workaholic

  If you know me, you know that my mind is usually running on 5 different rails with various tasks popping up at different times. It’s both the blessing and the curse of an Executive Pastor that every day has variety and responsibility. As part of my survival, I rely on a whiteboard that I keep…

  matthewcgillum

  January 20, 2026

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  bible, calling, christianity, faith, god, jesus, metamodernism, workaholic

• A Tasty Communion

  This past Sunday as our church did Communion, one of my children after drinking the cup of grape juice quietly said, “Mmm. That was good.” It made me laugh, generally because when it comes to Baptist Lord’s Suppers, I’m not sure tasty has ever been high on my descriptor list. The little papier mache cracker…

  matthewcgillum

  January 15, 2026

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  bible, christianity, communion, faith, god, jesus, metamodernism