This morning, a friend mentioned to me that she eats ice cream sandwiches in the shower to cheer herself up. It made me thing of Sisyphus. It also made me think of the ways that I find myself doing the same thing over and over again, treading the same paths and patterns…the pursuits that seem [...]
Tag Archives: faith
birth
One Word. One idea…one concept…one touchstone. For the whole year. It’s an idea that I first stumbled across while reading my favorite blog. It interested me, but didn’t grab me enough to personally do anything about it. Then, backstage at a play I was part of this past Christmas season, a fellow cast member handed [...]
My grace is sufficient
I walk a weird line. It’s a line between secret pride and acute feelings of inadequacy. A line between reveling in the accolades of others and succumbing to the voices inside of me that hiss about my unworthiness, my unlovability, and my hopeless pursuit of wholeness. It’s a line that feels like the edge of [...]
holding everything together
Today, I have been wondering about God’s will for me. His plan for today and tomorrow and the rest of my time on this earth. It isn’t a new curiosity or question, but every season of life brings new context and new angles to consider. I’m being reminded of how impatient I can be. For [...]
H is for Healing (Counting My Blessings 8/26)
There have been a few times in my life when I have had an illness that seemed to drag on and on and on. Not something serious or drastically life-altering, just run-of-the-mill sicknesses that usually go their course in a few days. But, for whatever reason, they hung on. And became draining. And exhausting. And [...]
G is for Grace (Counting My Blessings 7/26)
I deserve disapproval. It’s easy for me to try and justify my misguided actions, to explain away my curt or hurtful words, to rationalize the times I’ve chosen the less-than-holy option. The reality is, though, that I don’t deserve another chance or an understanding smile. I deserve disapproval. Ultimately, I deserve death. I’m so grateful [...]
Brokenness Aside
NOTE: I wrote a post recently about how God was speaking to me through a song by the worship group All Sons and Daughters. While I don’t want to make this blog just a curated collection of media, there are times when a song or a video or a book can be the catalyst that [...]
A Matter of Commitment
A couple of days ago, I headed to Ashland for a session with my chiropractor. I somehow convinced Isaac to tag along with me. It had something to do with the food I promised him if he joined me on the journey. Still, I was delighted to have the company of my oldest offspring. Coming [...]
Where is the Balance?
Yesterday, I chose to be stubborn. I’ve been feeling hurt and sad and alone and abandoned and raw and indignant and helpless. (Need me to add any more adjectives? I’m guessing you have a sense of how I’ve been feeling.) This season I’m in with my relationship to my wife seems to spin from one [...]
Emotions
It is pretty amazing what a range of emotions I’m capable of experiencing in a relatively brief space of time. When I woke this morning I had a heavy feeling of sadness. The sadness that creeps out of my fear that the thing I’m hoping for will never come to be and that my attempts [...]
Follow Me? Okay.
