Tag archive: rant
God, relationships, and an overuse of the word ‘suck’
Alright. Well. Here’s the deal: My favorite image of God is that of the Great Romancer – my husband. As a romantic, I have viewed Him this way even as a young girl. But, as we all know, relationships are… continue reading »
Georgia peach
“We are most deeply asleep at the switch when we fancy we control any switches at all. We sleep to time’s hurdy-gurdy; we wake, if we ever wake, to the silence of God.” Annie Dillard — I am supposed to… continue reading »
The Little Red Hen, retold
Once upon a time there was a Little Red Hen that was a communication major at a small private university in central Indiana. The Little Red Hen lived among other farm animals and worked with them too. One day the… continue reading »
It is fine, it is fine with my soul.
Most of you are well aware of my cynicism. I haven’t done a very good job of hiding it, after all. I’ve been trying to get to the root of it, to know exactly why it is I feel so… continue reading »
Creed
I wrote in my journal today about how I understand why ANGER is one of the Seven Deadliest Sins. I’m really sick of people’s attitudes.What’s worse is that I can’t even pretend that my attitude’s any better.I roll my eyes… 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 »
Stereotyping!
I’ve been extremely cynical these past few days (thanks a bunch, Summit!), so I thought I’d channel that angst into … uh … stereotyping people. Okay, I explained that poorly. I just think in charts. (Remember that episode of How… 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 »
Title Track: Musical Pride
Be thankful that I was not A&E editor last year. I say that for many reasons, I suppose. I think Jocelyn did an amazing job with the section, and I’m proud to be her successor. Not to mention that last… continue reading »