March 4, 2026 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Be of Good Courage “Be of good courage” (Josh. 1:9)! What is your first reaction to that rather cheery and downright optimistic command from scripture? Be of good courage! No qualifiers or precursors (though the justification that follows—“for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go”—is about as strong as it gets), but simply an...
10 days ago • 7 min read
February 25, 2026 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Plus-Six Vision Do you have Plus-Six vision for your life? God does. The Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-30 is both one of the most cited and also one of the most variably interpreted passages in all of scripture. So a warning right out of the gate: This is a prime example of a passage where you should be personally in the presence of the...
17 days ago • 8 min read
February 18, 2026 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Ashes and Affection “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (Jn. 15:13). It is Ash Wednesday, a day on which many celebrate the beginning of Lent. “Celebrate” seems at first like a strange word to use, because the Lenten season is one of intentional lament. We are remembering—and even intentionally...
24 days ago • 6 min read
February 11, 2026 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True Strategic Withdraw Withdraw. Retreat. Take a step back. If you are anything like me, the advice above feels like an admission of defeat. You feel as though any break in your pace, any giving of ground, any time released will result in reduced productivity that can never be recovered. So you press on. You advance. You take not one but two steps...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
February 4, 2026 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! This week’s issue of The Equipped is abbreviated—no news, just The True and The Beautiful. The reason for this one-week change is my bride and I are celebrating twenty years of marriage! Thank you for affording us some margin to reflect on God’s goodness, thank you for being part of The Equipped family, and thank you for aiming your life toward the True and beautiful aim of God’s glory! -Thann (Note: This...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
January 28, 2026 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True The Peculiar Way “It clearly isn’t working.” How often have you heard that—or something like it—from your friends and family in recent days? It is a constant refrain and it comes from every possible worldview and walk of life. It is abundantly clear to almost everybody that there is a tremendous amount of brokenness in our world, and that the...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
January 21, 2026 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Subscribe for FREE! Pay if you want--or don't! Podcast The True The Plan You are the plan. For real. There is a plan, and you are it! This is one of the most exciting and surreal realities of a Jesus follower: - God came to Earth in the physical form of His son, Jesus Christ (John 3:16). - At the end of His time on Earth, and after having been crucified, buried, and resurrected, Jesus returned to the right...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
January 14, 2026 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! Perhaps the most controversial story in my family this week is the Bears' playoff win over the Packers. For once, I am on the victorious side of that rivalry, so for all you Packers fans out there (friends, family, and beyond), please be patient with me this week as I am just so very used to losing to you! Bear down, Chicago Bears! (Note: Feel free to send good-natured complaints to...
about 2 months ago • 8 min read
January 7, 2026 Viewing all things through the lens of the True and the beautiful! The Equipped is turning three years old! We are honored to join with you in endeavoring to carry the life-giving power of the Gospel to all things in our world! It is a counter-cultural effort to intentionally limit your news intake, and to put on this lens of the True and the beautiful, and we are grateful to be in this together with you! Please help grow the impact in 2026 by sharing The Equipped with a...
2 months ago • 8 min read