When your options are either to revise your beliefs or to reject a person, look again. Any formula for living that is too cramped for the human situation cries for rethinking. Hardcover catechisms are a contradiction to our loose-leaf lives. "Loose-Leaf" by Gerhard Frost
Category: Faith Reflections
The Road Repeatedly Traveled
People have told me that I should write a book. Since I am easily susceptible to praise and compliments, I decided I should write a book. But no one would tell me what to write about. I guess they assumed I could figure that out but I obviously have difficulty thinking for myself. I don't … Continue reading The Road Repeatedly Traveled
I'm Stuck. Thank God.
Being stuck is a great moment. It may be characterized by frustration, loneliness, or detachment, but those things are only the vocabulary of our souls telling us we are in danger. It is the cry of our souls craving for more. It is our longings and yearnings trying to get our attention. It is a … Continue reading I'm Stuck. Thank God.
Extravagant Love
My favorite love passage from Scripture to bless you: Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to … Continue reading Extravagant Love
My Dry Bones Cry Out
Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14 Music and Lyrics: Gungor (one of my favorite artists). Gungor takes you to the acoustic video. Click Gungor -Dry Bones to listen to the mp3. Created by Visual Devotion
Trust vs. Understanding
I have issues with trust. I've blogged about it before. Trusting people, trusting myself, trusting God. I also am compulsive about trying to understand. Not so much how a DVR machine works or how to utilize most of the features on my Nikon camera instead of the two I use. Rather I am compulsive about understanding … Continue reading Trust vs. Understanding
Hunger
The doctor's office was simple and bleak. The walls were empty except for the chipping beige paint on stone walls connected to a stone floor. There were two worn cots with a simple white sheet on each one and a small wooden desk with a chair on either side. This was the room where a … Continue reading Hunger
Beautiful Things Out of Us
Heard this song today at a wedding of some friends. Such a gorgeous melody all by itself but add the beauty and the promise of the words and it truly is a worship song. I've been in a funk the last few days - partly detox from a summer whirlwind of travel and work but … Continue reading Beautiful Things Out of Us
Just Keep Swimming
It is unreal that it has been almost two months since I posted last. Where does time go? As April and May hit, my calendar and to-do lists churned out of control like one of the many tornadoes that spawned destruction across our country. I'm in the final prep for a summer of travel once … Continue reading Just Keep Swimming
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
For the first time in 11 years, I have a roommate again. Three months ago a good friend and co-worker moved in to my house. We had both been discussing for sometime about how we each had too much space for a single person. Her apartment was huge and my house is built for a … Continue reading Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
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