These days I wake up feeling the anticipation as if it was Christmas morning. I thought about titling this “grace in the waiting”, but let’s be honest, I do not at all feel confident that I am great at the graceful thing. 😀 For me, I have found the waiting to be both extreme highs …
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Shame
Admittedly, this was not at all the topic I was planning to write about first after my hiatus. Also, as I realized in a conversation with a random friend this summer, sharing writings from the past rather than immediate present is a way to sometimes protect myself from being too vulnerable with a lot of …
Follow-up on my Lack of Political Alignment with the Pro-Lifers
I find it highly fascinating that I need to have a follow-up to my last post. About half my feedback was “yes and amen” and the other half was like “what on earth are you saying”… Despite my analysis, I have yet to figure out why I seemed to communicate well to half the audience …
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Why I Don’t Politically Identify as Pro-Life… and I’m a Christian
I wonder how many of you stopped reading after the title. Or perhaps you’re rubbing your eyes and just figure you read it wrong… No, that’s really what I said. Abortion is a topic I’ve felt strongly about for at least the past 5 years; I’ve wanted to write about it for the last 3. …
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On Kindness
“Hey, I’m sorry to disturb you – but I just wanted to make sure you’re ok. You looked sad – are you alright?” A young man stood in front of me. In one glance, he was easily identifiable as a techy freshman. He had the cute geek look, with a host of unruly dark curls, …
A Child’s Goodbye
*****trigger warning***** *suicide, depression, abuse, & self-harm are mentioned* My daddy hit me todayHe threw me in the closet.I don’t know what I did wrongI just wish that he would love meHe says I’m just a worthless kida weird and bad mistakeand that life would be much betterIf I wouldn’t be around. I look for …
Nonresistance: Part 4 – the military
I decided a discussion of the army would be the next installment of this series, in honor of Memorial Day and July 4th celebrations during the summer months. After all, a serious consideration of nonresistance absolutely has to include a special look at this particular aspect, am I right? I have long found the military …
Nonresistance: Part 3 – beyond the cloak
There is something that has fascinated me in my long study of this topic: the lack of variety in the Bible verses used to lay the foundation for a defense of a nonresistant belief. Many of us are familiar with the most common ones quoted:“You shall not murder.” (Exodus 20:13, ESV)“… if anyone slaps you …
We interrupt this series for… COVID-19
“You were born, for such a time as this.” Such a cliche, sometimes over-used phrase, right? But in reality, do you not believe it to be true? Because it is. Every one of us was born and placed on this earth purposefully by our God. During this time of craziness and pandemic in our country, …
Nonresistance: Part 2 – justice
Do you think the following should be legal?: abortion, marijuana, same-sex marriage, the death penalty…These were just a few of the topics staring me in the face from the “pop quiz survey” our professor sprung on us in SOWK 101. All we had to was choose Yes, No, or Don’t Know. Fairly simple, right? The …
Broken Hearts, One Scarred Hand 