Wrestling with Shifting Faith in a Restless World
Originally posted on We Talk. We Listen.:
In many, many Christian circles enjoyment is suspect and “pleasure” is a dirty word. This quandary even more problematic when you’re a woman (let alone any other gender-oppressed group), as society is often perpetually finding ways to force itself upon everything in your life – let alone your sense…
Negev Wadi Desert, CC Dear Henri, It's been a couple weeks since I've written to you. Part of the blogging experience is the platform one uses sometimes crashes for no apparent reason; and there's nothing one can do until the right tekky-type people fix it. And then one's younger sister, whose job it is to…
As I enter into my final week here in Olongapo City, I am pondering the many, many ways people come to Christ. It has awed me, encouraged me, and humbled me. Sometimes I think my personal theology and knowledge of the Bible says to the other: "You can't have come to Christ THAT way. It's…
I think we give Satan far too much credit. As soon as bad things start to happen in evangelical Christian circles, it has become almost liturgical to pronounce: "We are in the throes of spiritual warfare." Anyone want to start singing Jordan Sparks "Get Your Armour"? Anyone…? When there is uncertainty or hurt amongst the…
Christ in me, Christ in me Christ in me, the hope of glory You are everything… Tim Hughes Some days the plight of victims seems too overwhelming. How anyone could enslave a creature made in the very image of God…? Their pain and fear is crushing. Some nights the enemy creates such a loneliness, such…
It started out as idea: the Salvation Army is holding is 5th Annual Weekend of Prayer to End Sex Trafficking and I thought "Why not pray for all forms of trafficking?" So I did what any 21rst century Facebooker did. I created an event: Weekend of Fasting and Prayer to End Human Trafficking, September…
