Ricky Alcantar, Author at The Blazing Center

I Don’t Know What God Is Doing (And That’s Okay)

“God knows what he is doing.” It’s a simple, powerful, true phrase. The problem is that so often I never …

As a kid I hated being messy. My longsuffering mother tried her best to joyfully get me to finger paint. …

The gospel is always better news than you think. The word “gospel” literally means “good news.” But I think we’re …

Death entered the world like a knife—quick and silent and irreversible. It came on the lips of the snake. It …

There are days I don’t want to read my Bible. Sometimes it’s because I’m tired and groggy. Other times I’m …

Lately, I’ve been feeling the tension of being both a Christian and an American. Lately, I’ve started to get worried. …

I think to really love the church in front of you, you have to die to the church of your …

I think the first time I felt it I was staring up at the sky. As the sun went down …

It’s easy until it’s you. It’s easy to speak loudly and boldly about what needs to be done until it’s …

We all want better, truer, deeper Christian community. We all want to grow personally. But how do we get there? …

Are you really engaging the culture around you? When’s the last time you read a Pulitzer-prize winning novel? How many …