Entries Tagged as 'God'
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Whoa, there
Life is pretty nuts right now. But God’s still good, and with that I’m at peace.
Friday, July 10th, 2009
Don’t waste your suffering
I’ve been thinking a lot about how hard life is.
It’s been a rough month for everyone. Folks suffering through cancer, layoffs, relationship losses, and passings in the family. Stories of confusion, backstabbing, heartbreak, and confusion are bubbling up right and left. What do we do in this despair?
The wife of my old pastor was recently diagnosed […]
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Incompetence and me
So I’m cutting my hair on Sunday–no big deal, right? I’ve been cutting my hair for the past eleven years (one mirror, one trimmer and nerves of steel) to varying degrees of success. Well… my standard of success means that after my haircut, I should a) still be recognizable as me and b) not elicit […]
Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Today’s dehydrated thoughts
I was out today on a long run (I’m picking up training for the SF Half Marathon in late July). But it was hot… the thermostat was reading 90 degrees at 10 in the morning.
It was a really bad idea.
But I think I finally realized what Psalm 63 means:
God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;
[…]
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Grace upon grace
I think Grace is jackhammering into my creaky l’il religious heart right now. A simple word from Romans is tearing me apart like it hasn’t before.
8 “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because,
if you confess with your mouth that Jesus […]
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Re-entry blues
The transition back home hasn’t been easy. It’s been hard to get used to the hustle-and-bustle of life here after coming back from such a pivotal life experience.
I don’t want to forget Africa. I can’t. I need to remember, I need to remember the simplicity of living. The endless skies. Friends to chill with when […]
Monday, February 16th, 2009
I wish I could show you the sky
I have never felt so small, standing under the African sky. I wish you could be here to see it; sprawling diamonds falling out of the Milky Way, meteors arcing overhead over staccato lightning beats. Bolts. This moment feels like a memory, déjà vu reversed again. Tomorrow, I will wake early and have coffee. Tonight, […]
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Fermata
In Christ alone my hope is found;
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My comforter, my all in all—
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
