Tag archive: grace
Good morning
But friends, your dead will live, your corpses will get to their feet.All you dead and buried, wake up! Sing!Your dew is morning dew catching the first rays of sun,The earth bursting with life, giving birth to the dead. Come,… continue reading »
Grace grows in winter
Grace doesn’t grow in the springtime. Grace grows in the winter, when everything’s dead, when life is the brown sludge beneath your rubber boots. It comes as a surprise. We talk about life as having seasons. In the spring, life… continue reading »
Hi, I’m a narcissist
I am a narcissist. After my Media and Society paper about narcissism on Facebook, I realized that I have all the tell-tale signs of a narcissist. I talk about myself. I am frustrated when people don’t honor me the way… continue reading »
Eugene Peterson’s Message, Isaiah 30:18f
“But God’s not finished.He’s waiting around to be gracious to you. He’s gathering strength to show mercy to you.God takes the time to do everything right—everything. Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones. “Oh yes, people of… continue reading »
Repentance, forgiveness, etc.
Last Sunday at my church, Westminster Presbyterian, Pastor Justin preached about the Prodigal Son, one of my favorite parables of Jesus. (Cliché.) But Justin taught it in a new way, a way that made me really, really angry at first.… continue reading »
There will be snacks
College makes me cynical. I used to be so optimistic and hopeful and daydreamy, but ever since I started mingling with so many like-minded people with their stupid morals and stupid agendas* … ugh … I’ve grown exhausted. Optimism used… continue reading »
A cynic’s take on Summit Week
Life has been going well. My work load has lessened; my classes still interest me. Ironically enough, I feel it’s as good of time as any to write about cynicism. Maybe I won’t have to label this blog with “rant”… continue reading »
Though it linger, wait for it.
A conversation: At dinner.LAUREN: (Stares down at her food, not talking.)MOLLY: So how are things?LAUREN: Uhm. Stressful.MOLLY: Don’t you have anything to be excited about?LAUREN: Uhm. Not really. That conversation depresses me. In fact, you might think that I might… continue reading »
on Grace
The final installment of my four-part blog series. Enjoy. ;-) — “Whether you believe that God created you for a purpose, or that the world is governed by blind chance, everything in life is a gift at its core; we… continue reading »
on Redemption
I love this city, but I’ve set and numbered its days I love this city, enough that I’ll set it ablaze — Lots of things have died this year. I mean this figuratively, of course, but the pain is no… continue reading »