Tag archive: hope
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 »
Holy the Firm, pp. 60-62
His disciples asked Christ about a roadside beggar who had been blind from birth, “Who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” And Christ, who spat on the ground, made a mud of his spittle… 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 »
"Sinai," from George MacDonald: an Anthology, p. 4
“[God] is against sin: insofar as, and while, they and sin are one, He is against them–against their desires, their aims, their fears, and their hopes; and thus He is altogether and always for them. That thunder and lightening and tempest,… continue reading »
Jeremy Courtney is legit.
I’ve had this blog in my head for a while. I didn’t want to write it until I was home in the States. I didn’t want anyone to think Jeremy coerced me into writing it. I promise: no coercing took… continue reading »
She’s Always Smiling
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet Honya Mahdi, a 15 month-old who had surgery last November. I remember reading about her on the PLC blog months ago, when I was first learning about Preemptive Love Coalition.… 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 »
An Introduction
I don’t know how to start this blog – I don’t have a witty anecdote. I guess I could say this: the other day Molly and I were having “WTF, Jesus?” moments around the same time. I went to the… continue reading »
;hope
Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death. Psalm 68:20 — I present this blog as a comfort to my friends who are discouraged. May God grant you hope and peace during this… continue reading »
… but look on the bright side.
a poem. by Lauren. I had to give my speech this morning instead of Thursday … but some kid is buying me coffee to make up for it! The sound clips in my Thrice speech didn’t work … but some… continue reading »