I have some things that I need to work out that are complicated: those kinds of things where there is really no good option and a lot of subpar options. I’m the kind of person that when I am confronted with difficult decisions I like to make lists, consider options, and put out fleeces to [...]
Archive for July, 2008
I’m Impatient
Posted in Church, Religion, tagged patience, trusting God on July 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’m Mad (but at the right thing?)
Posted in Church, Religion, tagged anger, forgiveness, gentleness, Jesus, mad on July 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Do you ever have those times when God seems to hit you in the gut with a scripture, a sermon, or a devotion? You know what I mean: you are struggling with some issue or some sin and then you read or hear something from God’s Word that really sets you straight (and kind of [...]
Change of heart.
Posted in Church, Politics, Religion, tagged Christian response to homosexual marriage, evangelicalism, homosexual marriage on July 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m getting a little bit of flack on a Christian forum that I participate in. There is a lot of hair-pulling and sackcloth wearing about the California decision to legalize gay marriage (mazel tov, Ellen). A lot of my conservative, evangelical friends are talking like the sky is falling and urging us to [...]
I’m discouraged.
Posted in Church, Religion, tagged Christian workers, discouragement, ministry, spiritual warfare on July 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
No, this is not turning into a blog devoted to ministerial whining, honest! I’ve just been noticing how many of my minister friends and Christian workers are battling discouragement in the ministry. You won’t read it (much) in the blogs of the rock-star ministers with the booming mega-churches, you won’t read it in [...]
