We are, it turns out, terrible at remembering who we are or should be without regular reminders. [Click title to read more.]
Tag: faith and growth
Subtle Revelations
Sometimes, God's work is small, multi-faceted, and nearly invisible until it bursts into bloom. [Click title to read more.]
On Being Disliked
Behaving in a Christlike way doesn't obligate others to like us. That's just fine - being disliked isn't a sin, after all. [Click title to read more.]
The Sticker Problem
I had a sticker problem as a child. Turns out I still have it as an adult. [Click title to read more.]
Lessons from a Scone
During the dark night of the soul, the perpetual struggle is the sense—albeit incorrect—of God’s absence or silence. During the blessed daylight of the soul, the perpetual struggle is that the ravenous desire for God’s presence shrinks beside the allure of other gifts. [Click title to read more.]
Let It Sit.
Your impulse to react says a lot about how you orient yourself to God. [Click title to read more.]
Where The Battle Takes Place
The battleground is never what you think it will be. [Click title to read more.]
Lent and the Practice of Suffering
We must be careful when we speak of blessings through suffering. But God meets us in pain in ways He meets us nowhere else. [Click title to read more.]
Liminal.
The enchantment of the in-between is real. [Click title to read more.]
The Not-Quite-New-Year Food Poisoning Epiphany
Food poisoning brings misery. And clarity. [Click title to read more.]