The CT site brought back an exceptional piece by Phil Yancey, just in time for us to break our New Years resolutions. It’s called “A Believer’s To-Be List: Steps to a fresh start with God.”

Wow, what a major load of insight from one of my fave writers! Of the nine points he makes, two really slapped me upside the head:

Question your doubts as much as your faith. By personality, or perhaps as a reaction to a fundamentalist past, I brood on doubts and experience faith in occasional flashes. Isn’t it about time for me to reverse the pattern?

Remember, those Christians who peeve you so much—God chose them too. For some reason, I find it much easier to show grace and acceptance toward immoral unbelievers than toward uptight, judgmental Christians. Which, of course, turns me into a different kind of uptight, judgmental Christian.

What about you?