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Why Do You Seek The Living Among The Dead?
I believe in resurrection and the possibility of new life. I believe it will be better than we are able to imagine in the middle of the desert, where survival was the best we could hope for.
Little Moments
You take the good things when they come and try never to miss them, and then you get through the less desirable times. And you remember that there are always good parts, even if they’re little and can’t make the WHOLE day better
Resurrection in the Midst of Lent
Resurrection occurs everyday. Have you seen it? You have to look for it.
In Search of Magic
I love the idea that behind something ordinary there might be something extraordinary. Books like that, ideas like this, they make me look at everything differently, a little more closely.
Lent
Dry spells are a part of life. Being able to name them and make them holy, well that is a helpful thing. But what do you do when your life feels like Easter when the church is celebrating Lent?
Not My Finest Moment …
I’m not a huge fan of blonde jokes. Although I’m blonde, I don’t find them particularly offensive, I just generally think most of them are dumb. But, for stories like the one I’m going to tell you, well, it’s nice to be able to blame on something out of my control (like being blonde). So, here’s the story:
Breathing
Growing up feels like hard work sometimes. Some days breathing feels like a lot of work.
Religion as Resistance
There is power is being a religion of resistance. A religion where the faithful are willing to go against the authorities because of their beliefs: they’re willing to risk death. We’ve lost that in Christianity.
Failures of Imagination
It seems to me that we suffer, individually and collectively, from frequent failures of imagination. If we can’t imagine it, how do we keep from getting stuck? If we can’t imagine it, how can we help God work towards it?
Ridiculous Promises
I want to have faith in the crazy things, in the miracles, and in the no-way-possibilities. I want to see beauty and hope where other people see only brokenness and stagnation. And I want to point out the beauty and hope to others when they get lost.
A Cheerios Kind of Day
We all want to prepare the seven-course meal. We all want to show how capable and productive and creative we are; but, sometimes, cheerios just has to be good enough.