It’s normal to question our work, to consider whether we’re doing all we should be doing, and if we’re doing it right. We wonder if our efforts really are leading toward something ultimate and lasting. We’re a culture that’s obsessed with our own legacy. The best life, the one Christ has intended for us, is the life that can’t be lived under one’s own power—here's why.

For most of us, ritual is implicit—embedded within our lives without much notice. Yet, can you answer the question “why these rituals”? Did you choose them, intentionally forming habits? Do they add symmetry to your life? Do they get you where you want to go? Do you like them? Or better yet, do you love them?

A significant Christian population exists in North Korea despite the ever-present fear of reprisals believers face under the dictatorial regime of the DPRK, according to both a recent defector and the recently released U.S. State Department International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.