Author Archives: Jeremiah Braudrick

The most identifiable icon in our history is a broken man on a cross. This is primarily due to it being the symbol of the largest religion humankind has ever dabbled during her first hundreds of thousands of years or so. This is also due however, to what it represents, or to what some claimContinue reading “The Cross, The Thief, and The Broken”

“Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.” Job 14:1 We’re so afraid to be sad. We’re so uncomfortable with our own brokenness. Yet, that’s what we are. We are a broken people, living in a broken world, trying to navigate this life alongside other equally broken people. It can get messyContinue reading “Mourning and Dancing”

It was one of the more distinguished honors of my life to appear on the cover of Guideposts magazine, featuring an article I wrote on how much C.S. Lewis impacted my life, helping me grow out of a small, damaging view of God, towards an ever growing, robust one. Lewis helped to expand my viewContinue reading “Guideposts Article”

Many people may not realize that their favorite childhood author was also a veteran of what is widely considered to be the most devastating war in world history. Long before Lucy discovered a mystical land that lay hidden through a magical wardrobe, and long before Aslan led his armies to battle in the Great WarsContinue reading “C.S. Lewis Goes to War: Some Silver-Linings in Chaos and Unrest”

I was honored to give a talk on C.S. Lewis as a Writer at WriterCon 2020 in Oklahoma City. Here’s the lecture if you’re interested! Audio and Slide Presentation: Just the Audio: Just the Slide Presentation: And Just Some Fun Pics:

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. – John 16:33 Have you ever notice when you re-read a book, or re-watch a movie, the excitement level isn’t quite what it was the firstContinue reading “When We Know the Ending:”

“God is weak and powerless in this world, and that is exactly the way, the only way, in which God can be with us and help us… it is not by his omnipotence that Christ helps us, but by his weakness and suffering.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lectures on Christology   The focal point of Christianity isContinue reading “Broken Jesus”

Boring people do not tend to become saints. People who live small lives, unnoticed, and quiet do not tend to either. When we think of the great saints of Church history, we tend to think about brave martyrs, beaten and burned because of the faith they refused to deny. Or we think of undeterred missionariesContinue reading “The Little Way: Saint Therese (Part 1 of 8)”

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux has much to teach us. You see her high regard as a saint today has nothing to do with the impact she made on the global stage, but in the way she lived her everyday life, and the words she wrote to chronicle it. While Saint Thérèse was living her unassumingContinue reading “The Little Way: An Elevator to Jesus (Part 2 of 8)”

Like many people who live a reserved life, Saint Thérèse was unsure of where she fit in the Body of Christ, as scripture refers to the Christian Church. Missionaries, clergy, evangelists, theologians, martyrs, Cardinals, Popes, authors, and more… Saint Thérèse saw and read of these great heroes of her faith, living as the hands andContinue reading “The Little Way: My Vocation is Love (Part 3 of 8)”