Spirit & Meaning

Faith, philosophy, and the search for what matters.

Oct 14, 2026 6 min

A Swiss Army God

How my belief in God equips me for whatever life brings.

My belief in God is similar. I carry it everywhere I go, and whenever I need to, I can reach for my “Swiss Army God” and unfold a different tool: gratitude, patience, humility, courage, compassion, forgiveness, or trust.

George R. Brumder

Sep 26, 2026 5 min

Summering Hard

On the summers we have left and the life we can enjoy while it’s happening

I’m about to turn 54. If I live to 90, I’ll see roughly 36 more summers, and 21 of those will come before I turn 75.

GRB

Sep 20, 2026 6 min

What Do You Worship?

Everyone worships something. The question is whether it can survive disappointment, failure, and death.

Everything else we worship will eventually leave us, or we will leave it. The Christian promise is that God will do neither. He loved us before we could earn it, loves us after we have failed Him, and will still be holding us when we no longer have the strength to hold on to anything at all.

GRB

May 23, 2026 8 min

Love First

The quiet heroism of staying, leading, and loving harder when marriage gets difficult

Modern culture treats divorce like a reset button and sacrifice like weakness. But sometimes the strongest thing a man can do is refuse to keep score, check his ego, and decide to love first. Not because it is easy. Because his children are watching.

Steve Holmes