Entries Tagged as 'God'

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 [...]

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 [...]

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Maundy Thursday

 
(This I know: to find true life, I must lose it to You.)

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.

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Dating 101, continued

I’m continuing an entry detailing new (and always-humbling) insights into myself, life, God, and affection as Sarah and I continue our dating relationship.
On friendship and figuring each other out
What Sarah’s helping me realize is that any romantic relationship must be, at its foundation, a great friendship. At the beginning we both assumed we were fantastic friends, [...]

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

This wacky road to self-awareness has its share of potholes

I oftentimes talk about how maturity is a hard process. These past few months have been times of self-discovery. A peek into the rough-and-tumble, totally awkward journey of self-awareness…

I have an EQ of a doorknob. I used to think I was pretty sensitive and in touch with how I felt–how mistaken I was. A few [...]

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Explaining my framework for action (and how Grace plays into it all)

Bowen asked me a good question on my last post–”Any reason why IJM in particular?”
I answered to the effect that 1) it was the first organization that my friends had mentioned to me regarding human trafficking and 2) I have an older friend who worked there a couple of years ago.
I want to follow that [...]