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On Cynicism

I originally wrote the following passage for a Good Friday reflection in 2007, unknowingly done one week before the Virginia Tech shooting. The intent in re-posting here is not to lessen the tragedy of what has just occ…
Learning to Love from Disability

I wrote the following entry over eight years ago when my blog first began: Love is not the romantic ideal that many of us hold; it is not so much in the image of a husband caressing the soft, luxurious hair of his wife a…
God, the Suffering Servant: It's Unbelievable

There are many unbelievable things in this world: the depth of human cruelty, the chaos of suffering and human activity, the perplexing motions and apparent absence of God in the midst of all things. Sometimes I wonder…
Why We Fear Calvinism, the Doctrine of Hope

[Note: originally posted on the R8 College Fellowship Blog.] We grow accustomed to the smallness of things because we dwell in small places: a particular dorm room, a specific job, a well-defined family and a reason…
Learning How to Accept Grace

I grew up with a mother who never took a gift... just half of an exchange. I remember watching, with horrified amusement, a lady try to give my mom a bag of mangoes. My mom chased her down and literally threw the bag…