Healing Hereafter

If you're ever at our house for more than 20 seconds, and you don't look like a Disney princess, you'll probably be tackled by a child leaping from a couch or slightly ajar closet door. For those not in the know, this is the standard way a Dykstra wrestling match begins. One of the boys gets to...

QUIZ TIME! Naw, that's just too mean. Literally nobody wants a flashback to junior high. And since I'm convinced nobody really knows what a Golgi apparatus actually is, there's no point in asking you, right? So why would I subject you to such trauma? Well, we do literally owe our lives to these...

The light came down as I stood on the uphill edge of a holy prayer circle, just to be that much closer to heaven. My thoughts were gathered, my approach was set, and soon it would be my turn to talk to God with the pious precision of a pastor's priest. Or something like that. After just the right...

A couple weeks ago, our family decided to stave off the Covid distancing doldrums with some Dykstra Family Olympics! Ya know, since the real Olympics aren't happening. Our events consisted primarily of doing normal household or outdoor tasks, but without the use of typical tools or appendages. In...

For many folks, life is essentially hell on earth. If you've ever seriously explored the modern-day slavery industry, the lack of clean water and basic healthcare around the globe, or the constant struggles currently related to race and COVID, you at least have an idea how rotten things are for a...

Having two black sons, a black mentee for several years, and many black friends, these troubled times have certainly made me more seriously consider how I can best engage my black neighbors to truly address injustice. The following thoughts may need adjusting (feel free to comment!), but they've...

Ten is a very fun age. I mean I don't really remember personally, but it sure looks flippin' awesome (you just got dad joked)! This week I enjoyed filming my sons' first "stunt" movie. It's called Hulk Twins, and it's clearly the first step in a very successful YouTube career. The way our tall,...

Many of us feel so trapped. Not just physically, although that's been crazy enough! But the compassionate parts of us that long to help those suffering from the COVID epidemic feel trapped too. What we can make for others is hard to keep free from germs. How we can comfort most people is limited...

Friends of Healing Hereafter, sorry it's been awhile, but we're very excited about why! We've been working long and hard on a life-giving project that allows the rationality and refreshment of biblically-inspired research to benefit the whole world, not just our beliefs!Healing Hereafter has long...

I know, I know, some of you feel you've considered all there is to know about the age-old debate between faith and works, grace and faith, and God's role versus our role in salvation. Others of you may have never thought about the question above and are hopefully intrigued. In either case,...