Category Archives: faith
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September 19, 2018Something I’m struggling with right now is: spiritual reconstruction. A pastor I respect recently declared his belief that evangelicalism is dying. I, for one, am ready to attend that funeral. Evangelicalism damaged me in ways I’m still discovering, deep … Continue reading
Enough, Seriously
May 15, 2015
For the past month, I’ve watched countless walkers, bikers, and runners stream by my gate in my new neighborhood, but haven’t had time to join them. This week, I needed to check on the hours of a business up the … Continue reading
Ash Wednesday
February 18, 2015[image by Schicka via Unsplash] When I participate in Lent, I try to choose an activity or sacrifice that will help with a specific spiritual problem I’m having. In Lents past, I’ve given up shopping and chocolate. For the last … Continue reading
Lessons and Love
February 5, 2015Lately I’ve been asking myself why we Christians are so fixated on Lessons. How many times have we heard, in the midst of difficulty or hardship, that God’s trying to teach us something? Or that He’ll keep “refining” us until … Continue reading
My Testimony
December 9, 2014In order to join my new church, I had to write a personal testimony or “Gospel story.” The process was surprisingly difficult for me, for reasons I’ll talk about later because I think others will relate. But I finally submitted … Continue reading
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