christianity Deconstruction: A Death As a disclaimer, the meaning of the title is figurative. No one close to me has physically died in the past several months. However, I acknowledge the fact that I’ve kept silent for some months now — the entirety of this year to date.
christianity The Worst Thanksgiving I’ve Ever Had (Sort of) I’m going to try and relate to you what may have been the worst Thanksgiving I’ve ever had. However, there will be a silver lining to this story. Eventually. It was a pretty rough day. I got out of bed — and by
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
community On Being Real and Heartbreak My heart is heavy as I sit down to type this. I do not know how to relate to you this story, nor do I feel joy in its telling. But I feel this is the story I need to tell today; the real,
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
Father For His Steadfast Love Endures Forever It’s been a really long time since I last blogged. Forgive me, friends. I’d completely intended to post after spending a morning reading through the words above “for His steadfast love endures forever,” twenty-six times throughout Psalm 136. For perspective, there are
authority Authority Is the Basis for Freedom Sunday’s message at church focused on dispelling the myth that authority and freedom are mutually exclusive concepts. Naturally, I have a hard time believing these words, being deeply mistrusting of authority. However, somehow or another it clicked in my mind as I was
Christian life Resolutions for the New Year Now that it’s the first Monday of the year, last year seems pretty firmly in the past. Not that I’d want to travel back, but for some reason there’s a finality that this morning brought. With that being said, I hope
Christmas Music God of Relationship and the Little Drummer Boy I couldn’t let this blog sit fallow for an entire week. However, I will admit it’s been an emotionally rough week for me. It’s never fun when you realize the issues you have with relationships and intimacy are the same ones
Friday Can’t Quit, Won’t Quit, Just No Need To “I am weary, tired of all the struggle. I want to know that at some point the war for my heart’s affections will die down and cease.” – I don’t like to quote myself, however today I couldn’t resist. It’s
god Original Sin: In Need of a Savior Anyone who’s read this blog for any length of time knows I don’t like to dip my toe into the theological pool. Honestly, I’m not qualified in any way to do so. However, in light of the fact that this seems
Breathing Prayer, Meditation and Suffocating Spirituality I know from my own life that the world just moves faster than it used to. Long gone are the days of waiting days or weeks for news or mail. Long gone are the days when people can just take off for days at
crazy Creative Faith: A Reflection on Spurgeon Faith is creative. A mere three words, but seeing those Saturday morning as I read the morning portion of Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening stuck with me. I’m still thinking about them. I’m still thinking about the account in Luke of the
faith Redemption Is the Story We’re Living In all honesty, I don’t like having to say, “I’m sorry,” because I know that what I’m really saying is that I screwed up and I was wrong. It’s those last three words that cut me deeply, leaving me far
Flaws Grace and My Desperate Need For It It’s hard running a small blog. I’d imagine it’s harder than running a large one. Why? Because I don’t get a whole lot of feedback and so even when I feel like my words aren’t being received well, it’
Christian living Responsible for Our Brothers and Sisters How much should I care about my friends? I don’t ask in the sense that I’m contemplating ignoring or even hating, but rather, how responsible am I as my “brother’s keeper”? Maybe this seems cut and dry to you, but please
dating The One That Will Always Get Away I’m a sucker for coming of age movies. It’s probably because I see myself in the eventual hero, as my own coming of age wasn’t all that long ago. I threw on Rushmore Saturday night to unwind from the day’s
Beach Thankful: Beach Vacation Without the Beach I was elbow deep in the “berries”, what we’d affectionately referred to as the spidery, unending network of thorns with clusters of deceptively vibrant red berries. I was covered in sweat, sand and my muscles were aching after an hour of alternating shoveling
Christian life Love Those Around Us. Use Our Gifts. I hope y’all had a good weekend. I wouldn’t consider myself rested, but somewhat refreshed after Sunday. Between a great message at my mom’s church and watching “Hitchcock”, I was reminded what this life is to look like. I was reminded
community Opposition Is Inevitable I face opposition and my immediate response is to back off or stop whatever it is that I’m doing. I don’t want to have to deal with this attack on me, so I turn tail and run. I wish I could give
god Prayer Is a Way of Life Prayer in my experience always has started with some form of “Dear God” and ended with one variation of “Amen.” I’d imagine most of you have a similar experience. But, as I’ve been thinking about prayer this week (sitting on a flight
faith Worn and Tattered, but Praising https://www.youtube.com/embed/zulKcYItKIA?rel=0?hd=1 I feel worn this morning. It’s been a rough week for this journeyer, friends. I’d like to share more about it with y’all, but there’s some wisdom in withholding certain
character We Will Struggle. Plain and Simple I can’t think of a time I’ve heard anyone complain about their life being too easy. I’ve never heard a person gripe about a lack of strife or obstacles in their life. I myself have complained, however about life being too
destination The Struggle for Love I have to admit, it’s been a rough week, friends. Honestly, I’m getting a little tired of looking for houses. It’s been a busy week at work and everyone around me seems a little tense. On top of it all, I’
Cain Flatline Worship “How He Loves” by John Mark McMillanIf you’re familiar with this song, you’ll probably remember there’s a line in that people in the Church didn’t find quite…couth. So Heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss… I’d be
