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I have an image of God contrary to the God I know in my heart. It’s the image shown to me at my worst moments. God is love, yes, but not so much at my worst, at least the false image tells me so. Blurred and shadowy around the edges, God’s love appears more as tolerance than anything. … [Read more...]
A fog has rolled in over me. Not the kind that gently settles in over a meadow on a bright, sunshiny morning. Dense, intense, against the backdrop of ever clouding thoughts and feelings, the shades of blues and grays streak across my soul in a gradient color of dullness. The not so distant view … [Read more...]
I feel the tension. The rationalization of Christianity presses in on me from all sides. Work ethic, frugality, modesty, morality, rigidness, conservatism, theology, old fashioned puritanism, all conspiring with one another to hold back my faith instead of letting it go. My spiritual life … [Read more...]
When relationships fall apart, a certain amount of your identity shatters into pieces. You look to others and the way they treat you for clues as to how whole you are as a person. If all is well, and others like you, you feel the freedom to like yourself. But when experiencing rejection, what … [Read more...]
The other day, I caught a glimpse of my youngest son, Calvin. I thought I was looking at me. He does take after his dad in looks and mannerisms. (Not to mention his ready, fire, aim temperament!) Have you ever wondered what God thinks when He looks down at you? Somehow, I think He sees a … [Read more...]
There’s a writer I know who develops each storyline, or narrative, seeing three dimensional characters moving and acting through time. Nothing gets written down on paper without first visualizing a block-buster movie from beginning to end. Maybe that’s why this author has no rivals. No … [Read more...]
I know of someone who lives life by way of retreating. I mean, going into a cave and not coming out type of retreating. Run over by an overwhelming world; disconnected from family and friends; Christian, but more comfortable surrounded by a self-inflicted darkness than living in the Light that … [Read more...]
How close are you to God? I don’t mean how close do you feel toward God. Rather, how close does God consider Himself to you? A sudden surge of emotion—a reply to what someone says, a response to something someone does, a reaction toward what you see or hear—cools down as quickly as it … [Read more...]
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