Last night as a friend and I were discussing gender inequality and women’s role in the church, I was accused of being hostile. Being called hostile might be the best way to find out how horrible that word really is. The synonyms make me shudder and are not words I want to reflect. From Thesaurus.com: adverse, […]
I went to church yesterday. But wait…not just any church. This church had three very interesting things about it that got my attention. First…the church is on the grounds of an old weird western town or little amusement park place. I seriously had the following thoughts in rapid succession as I walked to the sanctuary […]
Today has been a lesson in contrasts. The news of the Penn State Child Molestation scandal lit up Facebook today. I was saddened to read so many people supporting someone who knew of a vile crime and didn’t do much to stop it or create an environment where it wasn’t acceptable behavior. This brought some […]
This past week I was given truth in the form of a very hard and old battle. I faced down some old bitterness and am now back to working on forgiveness. Does anyone else feel like we have to keep coming back to forgiveness way to often? No? Yeah, me either. 🙂 Let me tell […]
Acts 14: 19-20 19 Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. 20 However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. I’ve read Acts 14 […]
It snowed today in Denver. This is not the first time I’ve been in Denver when it is snowing. But it is the first time I have lived in Denver when it is snowing. It is also the first time I’ve walked to the grocery store in the snow or walked to the coffee […]
Last night I did some wrestling with God. We argued. Okay…I argued. God listened. Come to think of it I’m not sure that is what you call an argument. The basics of the discussion were me going back and forth between asking God to take the gifts I have and give me more traditionally acceptable […]
Fragile adjective–easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; or frail Courage noun–the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear, bravery This week I own my own fragile courage. Normally a word like fragile makes me balk because it implies weakness or damage. And as a […]
LETTING GO TAKES LOVE To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else To let go is not to cut myself off, it’s the realization I can’t control another To let go is not to enable, but allow learning from natural consequences To let go is […]
While scribbling my “Morning Pages” today I noticed a theme. I keep saying that I need to “quiet my mind” or that I want a “quiet mind”. So I went on a little exploration in my pages about what that means and here is what I came up with. * Some of you may not […]