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The Poet's Fear

God may reduce you on Judgment Day To tears of shame, reciting by heart The poems you would have written, had Your life been good. - W. H. Auden, About the House Auden is writing to a fellow poet here, an…
Before You Use God's Name in Vain

This May Make You Think Twice About Using God's Name in VainDeutoronomy 5:11 - "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain."We all kno…
Just How Wild Are the Wild Things, Anyway?

If you asked me my favorite children's book ever written, I'd have a hard time answering, but rest assured Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are would certainly be on the list. Which is why it should be no surpris…
The Violent God: A Problem for Pacifists?

[I am contributing to the Xanga Council of Christian Pacifists, which features answers to questions about pacifism, and then further questions of those answers. It's in the beginning stages of development, but we're hop…
Desiring Marriage: Am I Missing a Piece of Jesus Without It?

When singles go to many Christians for advice about or help with getting married, they are told their longing is an affront to their faith. They are told that their intense desire for marriage—and everything that com…
Giving God Back The Things He Gives Us

Keeping a close eye on Jesus, the Pharisees sent spies who pretended to be honest.They hoped to catch Jesus in something He said, so that they might hand Him over to the power and authority of the governor. So the spies …
Book Review - Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

I feel a slight shift inside of me. Something has moved that I never intended to move, and I'm not complaining. Somewhere within these pages, my apathy started to warm up and is leaving a puddle around my soul. I…
Psychologist or God?

I was talking to a good friend of mine the other day about Problems. Not just any kind of problems, but psychological problems, otherwise known as "difficulty coping", "the blues", "depression", or "conflict". I'm sur…
Enter the Mystery of God

What is it about a good mystery that enthralls us so? What is it that is so appealing and becomes so compelling? What are the elements of a good mystery?It’s a story that gives us a good ‘feel’ for what’s going on--we g…
The Lord's Prayer: A Closer Look

Much of the following is based on the book Becoming The Answer To Our Prayers by Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove who remark that "prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as …