Keep in mind that I may have no idea what I'm talking about
Written whilst touring Europe.
Too many corrections. Faith—I lack it. “Here is the secret: [sage wisdom].” Yes I hear it! I am excited! But two days later, I have forgotten and the rush of life and chores and sin and shame and friends needing my help and Bible study and chores and getting food and paying bills and chores and cleaning the house and church and friends needing my help and chores get in the way.
Continue reading “Too Many Corrections”Continue reading “Homiletical Difficulty, With Seven Solutions And One Praise”“But woe to you, Pharisees and scribes, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!”
Matthew 23:23-24, Jesus speaking
Some centuries ago, there was a young slave girl who was given to a cruel master. The sound of his steps always stirred fear and hatred in her, and she bore his misery for many years. Her warm heart was nearly turning cold, for in her eyes there could sometimes be found the beginnings of a resentment towards all happy people. But when her eleventh birthday came and went and was forgotten, she finally left her chains behind, and ran away.
Continue reading “Glen’s Tale: The Forest Daughter”There’s a coward inside of me
Non-speaking, standless, without hands
The living God, untrusted
From the coward inside of me
Whether this ad is an attack on men at large. It is not. It is addressing the known issue of men abusing women through sexual harassment and assault, and men abusing men through bullying, and men being passive about these two issues.
Continue reading “Another Controversy Soon Forgotten”