Maintaining faith in a time of trial is exhausting. [Click title to read more.]
Tag: grief
Contempt for the Easy Answer
I couldn't accept what I didn't understand, until suddenly I could. [Click title to read more.]
On Pets, Heaven, and the Goodness of God
I believe God is good - even and especially when it comes to the creatures I steward and care for. [Click title to read more.]
Navalny, Suffering, and Turning To What I Can Tend
To become less, to serve and suffer, is in many places now the opposite of what I am told my faith should produce. I am told my faith can make me strong and grand, a loud voice, powerful, an authority. I am told that I can remake the world the way God wants it to be, surely? This sounds like a refrain of ancient darkness.
On The Defeat of Death
Nothing about death is right or good, but facing it has made me understand the radical nature of what I believe. [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.]
Feast & Famine: A Wish For The New Year
God knows we sometimes need to learn from living rather than listening, so here I am. [Click title to read more.]
Advent & Tears
This Advent, my hope is to present myself exactly as I am to God and to a season that mingles both mourning and joy. [Click title to read more.]
I Cannot Save A Dead Bird.
Hope begins with what I know cannot be done. [Click title to read more.]
Smooth Stones and Sunflower Petals and Snail Shells
I keep the stones to remind me of how small I am. I find it comforting. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 