Dear Lovelies, Tonight is frustrating for me. I'm sitting at my desk with Elevation Worship's "Resurrecting King" blaring in my ears through my headphones and I can't be present, can't enjoy it, can't lose myself in a private, passionate display of love and adoration to the One who loved me when I rejected him. No,... Continue Reading →
Deconstructing Christianity- The Cost of Saying Yes
~For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, saying, "This man began... Continue Reading →
A Diagnosis is NOT a Life Sentence
Dear Lovelies, It's 4:08 in the morning as I type this. The reason I'm up this early is that I was thinking of the past few years of my life, as it relates to thorns in my flesh. I was thinking about the conversation I had with my friend, and how we agreed that it... Continue Reading →
When Divinity Interrupts Humanity
Dear Lovelies, It's been over a month since I last posted and that was deliberate. I wanted to give myself time to see if coming back to Christ would actually make a difference in my life. Needless to say, God definitely took me up on that challenge! When I want to be, I'm a private... Continue Reading →
Something Like Love (The Birth of a Flame)
It started or, depending on your view of things, ended Tuesday night. Watching ancient paper documents from long ago employments, along with other things like wood and paper plates, burn in a fire pit in the backyard of my group leader's house was, for lack of a better word, magical. There's something intriguing about seeing something... Continue Reading →