christianity Is There Enough Love for Me, Too? It’s been too many days since my last post. But that only goes to show how scared I am to venture into these depths on my own, let alone to share with you a glimpse of my darkness. It’s tough as an
fear Golf Isn’t Just About Golfing I played a few holes of golf with my dad yesterday. There was a group playing behind us, so we were hurrying — I should say, my dad was trying to hurry us. Thus, I was being hurried. You don’t hurry someone who’s
christianity Isolation: The Place Where Fear Leads Us I want to hang here with this theme of fear for a minute. Really, I want to remain here because talking about it makes me uncomfortable. I feel like I’m already talking about isolation in my avoidance. I’ve been putting off being
community Fear: Constant Enemy, Silent Killer Fear, it’s something I deal with everyday. It’s something I’m aware of at every moment; deep down I know it has it out for me. I’ll
Donald Miller Intimacy Issues fearing intimacy is wearing a mask, a very scary mask. I just finished reading Donald Miller’s Scary Close. I highly recommend the book. To anyone. I’m not here to talk about the book specifically, but I am here to share some inspired
busy The Curious Case of Busyness I wish I had a conclusion to this post, but I’m really just jotting down some thoughts on the idea of busyness as a means of putting those thoughts
faith Ice Skating and What It Taught Me About Life I went ice skating this week with a few friends. It was a terrifying experience. I hate ice. Actually, I hate falling, and I’m well aware of the fact that falling on ice is about the most painful thing one can do. Seriously,
Birthday Another Day, Another Year Older I get pretty introspective at two times a year. Given the proximity of those times, it oftentimes ends up just blurring into a month and a half or so of introspection starting with my birthday and lasting through Christmas. So, you’ll have to
assurance I Am Waiting on God in Fear I’ll admit, my greatest fear is that God will one day up and leave me. I confessed this once again yesterday evening, sitting in the dining room, talking with Erik. I have this irrational and unshakable fear that my Heavenly Father, the God
failure The Fear of Success Yes, you’ve read the title correctly. I’m afraid of success. Yes, I’m being serious. This past week was marked by a few landmark decisions in my life, not the least of which is submitting a bid on a house (as in
approval I Am a Fraud I suppose it’s posting time once more. I’d love to come up with some topic off the top of my head and start writing about it, but there’s something far more weighty I feel I have the responsibility to get off
broken politics Politics and Religion Politics and religion. Two topics we seem to avoid at the dinner table (most of us). Admittedly, I’d certainly fall into the camp of people who avoid politics, but for a different reason than the traditional. The election is tomorrow and honestly, I
attack September 11 I’m just going to come right out and say that today’s post is totally about September 11th. I’m a pretty big football fan and being the first weekend of the season, I wasn’t about to miss a minute of action
belief Let There Be Unrest This is coming far later than I had planned towards the end of last week. I was actually really looking forward to posting this past Friday or Saturday at the very latest, but such is life. I don’t think a ton has happened
anger Frayed Edges So, I love the Fray. Their new album took a little while to grow on me, but it certainly has. My favorite song without doubt, well, I love at least 3/4 of the album but my favorite is “Absolute”. Just listen to the
challenge Fear and Comfort I can’t remember if I posted last night, but I’m far too lazy to check. On second thought, I know I did because I distinctly remember talking about soccer again haha.Today was kind of a blur. I spent the entire morning
