We were impressed by the burning bush and the pillar of fire. We thought God was close in the Angel and in the Shekinah. But He wanted to b...
I Love To Hear My Husband Sing
I love to hear my husband sing, because he sings like he lives: straightforwardly, honestly, without pretense, without effort to i...
Like a Bat in the Kingdom of Men
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor tha...
Yet It All Seems Limitless
"We get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. Yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number, real...
Making Life Choices. While Holding Hands.
Making life choices can be agonizing. I know. I've had to make too many lately. You're there, looking at the options, and prayi...
love : life :: curious : death
I love life. I am not contemplating suicide. Really. But sometimes I am the smallest bit impatient to face death. 2007, Hayden Lake, I...
"God, have mercy on me": a page from my journal
To some who were confident of their own rightness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: "Two people went into a...
The Miracle in Me
(if God can change a wretch like me, then surely He could calm a troubled sea.) (if God from proud to meek can make, then wine from wate...
the fragrance of the Gospel
The feast was going well, just as Simon had planned it. Jesus of Nazareth, the famed Healer and Teacher, was staying in the town of Bethan...
Restaurant Wallpaper, Sidewalk Friend
To the couple hunched over minestrone and penne, leaning close in the corner booth, the crowd of the restaurant is wallpaper. background. ...
Blessed in Your Emptiness
Maybe you've had a hard week. Your spirit feels worn out and overspent. (Blessed are the poor in spirit.) Perhaps behind that ...
My Thirtieth, Intentional Year
This week I turned 29. ... (I'll pause while you sing me Happy Birthday.) ... The 366 days that I lived as a 28-year-old were ki...
me thinking about the church. part 4.
During my time in Seminary, I felt ever more keenly the great weaknesses of the church: our apathy and worldliness, our troubles and tensio...
beneath the shadow
We've labeled one day in the year "Easter" and on it we remember the resurrection of Christ from the darkness of the gr...
Ah, this violet.
To pluck it is a pity, To leave it is a pity, Ah, this violet. [Naojo] // this sums up my life right now.
autopsies and exegesis
When our religious discussion become autopsies of our denominational history or exercises in microscopic exegesis of Ellen White's view...
Keep Calm & Carry On
In 1939 the British government commissioned three posters to be used to boost morale during the dark days of World War II. The first ...
those who will stand for the right
“…those who will stand for the right, though the heavens fall.” a noble calling, for sure. but I wonder if it might actually be easier to ...
It's the painful part of His faithfulness.
The more I resist the lessons that God is trying to teach me, the harder He lays them against me. It's the painful part of His fa...
5 Things I've Learned About Depression
DEPRESSION. I've been there, and you probably have too. Here are 5 things I've learned about it. 1. It's kinda complex. The...
More Than Blue: key signs of serious depression
Key Signs of Depression, aka Things That Have Changed And Make You Want Your Old Self Back 1. Depressed mood. Feeling sad, lost, hopeles...
Let Them Eat Kale!
Kale is the superstar of healthy food right now. Everything that is even a little bit good for you seems to be in kale: it's high in ir...
"pleasure is a thing that also needs accomplishing"
"The Word" by Tony Hoagland Down near the bottom of the crossed-out list of things you have to do today, between "gre...
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