Featured: The dissolution of a dream ...
A big, beautiful spider has set up her home outside my kitchen window. I have grown attached to her presence and greet her each morning, watching her work or sleep while I take my first few sips of coffee. For those who hate spiders, I see you. But she is where she belongs (outside) and […]
Jesus said that above all else ... above ALL ELSE, people will know we are his followers by the way we love. How are we doing with that these days? I love how Fyodor Dostoyevsky puts it in his book The Brothers Karamazov: "Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love […]
"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places." (Ernest Hemingway)
Forgive me for the repetition of theme this week. But I am concerned that I do not have an adequate theology of suffering, and am working hard to fill my mind with good and deep thoughts on the topic. So, here is an incredible bit of writing from the queen of grief, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross: "The […]
I know so many people going through hard things right now. For all of you, I share this today from Christian journalist, Malcom Muggeridge: "Contrary to what might be expected, I look back on experiences that at the time seemed especially desolating and painful with particular satisfaction. Indeed, I can say with complete truthfulness that […]
"Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you." (1 Peter 5:3 - The Message paraphrase)
