Phill Lytle

cereal

The Day I Became a Man: A Cereal Story

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Phill Lytle 7 Comments Joy, Love, Family, Cereal, Food, Life, Childhood, Man, Memory

Here is a story about cereal and maybe more.

Good tidings of great joy

Good Tidings of Great Joy

December 24, 2022December 24, 2022 Phill Lytle 1 Comment Bible, Scripture, Christmas, Joy, God, Sin, Love, Jesus, Salvation, Romans, Christ, Sacrifice, Peace, Death, Story, Thankful, Luke, Good, Time, Christian, Sinner, Debt, Pay, Hebrews, Philippians, Redemption, Greg Koukl, The Story of Reality

What does the phrase, “good tidings of great joy” mean to you?

Emmanuel

My Seven Favorite Versions of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Phill Lytle 5 Comments Christmas, music, Christ, NEEDTOBREATHE, Future of Forestry, Christmas Songs, Piano, Songs, Christmas Music, Yearning, O Come, O Come O Come Emmanuel, O Holy Night, Listen, Little Drummer Boy, For King and Country, Listening, Musical, Selah, The Piano Guys, The Gray Havens, Enya, Sufjan Stevens

Seven favorite versions of one of the greatest Christmas songs – “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.”

Joy

Can My Joy be New Every Morning This Holiday Season?

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Christmas, Joy, Christ, Faith, Thanksgiving, Thankful, Life, Church, Happy, Holy, Live, Struggle, Joyful

Can we choose joy?

the chosen

Five More Times “The Chosen” Made Me Cry – Season Two

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 Phill Lytle 4 Comments Bible, Scripture, Jesus, Television, Movies, Family, Christianity, Film, Faith, Good, Funny, TV, Movie, Season Two, Emotion, The Chosen, Honest

In anticipation of Season Three of The Chosen, we look back at some of the most tear-worthy moments of Season Two.

Neon Bible

“Neon Bible” By Arcade Fire Turns 15

October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 Phill Lytle 0 Comments God, music, Art, Theology, Idolatry, Death, Evil, Anger, Album, Beauty, Heaven, Eternity, Church, Christian, Piano, Songs, Arcade Fire, No Cars Go, Neon Bible, Culture, The Church, darkness, Emotion, Religion, Lyrics, Fear, Relativism, Honest, Society, Musical

Happy 15th anniversary to Arcade Fire’s “Neon Bible”!

whole story

Tell Your Whole Story: Why Confession Matters

September 8, 2022May 19, 2023 Phill Lytle 2 Comments God, Sin, Love, Andrew Peterson, marriage, grace, Family, Christianity, Christian Living, Finances, Faith, Failure, Story, Thankful, Faithful, Trust, Forgiveness, The Wingfeather Saga, The Hobbit, Accountability, North! or Be Eaten, Proverbs, The Chronicles of Narnia, Honest

Telling your whole story is good for the soul.

Dear son

Family Theology

Dear Son, I Will Not Abandon My Faith For You

August 25, 2022June 5, 2023 Phill Lytle 8 Comments Scripture, God, Sin, Love, Jesus, Salvation, Mother, Christ, Mom, Faith, Virtue, Parents, Children, Doubts, Faithful, Life, Church, Doubt, Father, The Church, Emotion, Godliness, Men, Man, Questions, Righteousness, Worldview, Eternal

Dear son, if you turn away from Christ, we cannot walk that path with you.

Magic Moment

The Magic Moment: The Moment “The Wingfeather Saga” Clicked

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Joy, Love, Andrew Peterson, Art, Reading, Books, Hope, Review, Life, Eternity, The Wingfeather Saga, Emotion, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, C.S. Lewis, Yearning, sehnsucht, Longing

The Magic Moment: The precise moment a story becomes something more. Something transcendent and magical.

Sitting in the Backseat

Sitting in the Backseat: A Ride Down Memory Lane

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Phill Lytle 2 Comments Joy, music, Family, Mom, Summer, NEEDTOBREATHE, Faith, Parents, Petra, Christian, Songs, Memories, Worship, Childhood, Emotion, Wonder, You Are My Rock, song, Soul, Into the Mystery, Musical, The Car, Dad

How NEEDTOBREATHE’s song, “Sitting in the Backseat” took me back to my childhood and helped me experience those strong emotions all over again.