It seems cliched, somehow, but I can’t help feeling that I identify in some ways with Mary this year as my own baby grows inside of me. This sense of anticipation, of awaiting, of knowing that God is up to something but not really understanding what that something might be. Of course, in all reality, … Continue reading "Broken Christmas Thoughts"
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Suffering and Small Things and Gratitude
When it comes right down to it, I am amazingly, ridiculously, wonderfully blessed. Beyond measure. Beyond counting. Beyond my ability to comprehend it. Spiritually, physically, emotionally, materially – I have not known want. I have what I need and more. Through nothing of my own doing, through none of my own merits or my own … Continue reading "Suffering and Small Things and Gratitude"
Read MoreIn Which I Discover That I Am Not a Calvinist
When tragedy strikes, when suffering occurs, we are forced to come face-to-face with our own theology, to determine what it is we do, in fact, believe. It isn’t as though we don’t consider various theodicies at other times, of course, as though the questions of why evil exists and why bad things happen don’t cross … Continue reading "In Which I Discover That I Am Not a Calvinist"
Read MoreWhat the heck?
I’ve had some “What the heck, God?” moments in the last little while, where I literally blurt this question out into the air. I know this isn’t really the most reverent way to approach the Creator of the universe, the ruler of the cosmos, but sometimes life just seems to throw a curve ball, an … Continue reading "What the heck?"
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