and i will try to fix you(quickly insert rich transition music) tears stream…yeah, it’s quite the emotive song. i’d listen to it now were it not for the fact that i’d have to first search for it and secondly, essentially permit myself to bawl my eyes out. i want neither. and so i…
Psalm 23
Do we believe?
A Letter
At a periodic gathering that I’m part of, one of our latest activities was to write a letter to ourselves, stating what we’d like God to do in our lives. The facilitator for that activity, took our self-addressed envelopes, stamped them, and mailed them to us several days later. Mine came in the mail a…
Psalm 23 (a personalized account)
You, Lord, are my ShepherdI will not lack anythingYou make it possible for me to lie down in green pasturesYou lead me (what grace!) beside still watersYou restore my soulYou lead me in paths of righteousness for the sake of Your nameEven when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death (and not…
Now What?
So Sex Week ended yesterday…(I’m actually writing this on Friday so that I don’t have to think about it tomorrow…not because sex is bad to think about on Saturday but because this practice of blogging every day of the week has been exhausting and that’s not how I wish to spend Sabbath.) The other day…
The Non-Sex Stuff that Affects Sex
We often hear the question, “How far is too far?” and it’s asked within the context of having sex. Well, there’s another question that we should, perhaps, be a bit more concerned about. It goes like this: What’s that stuff that isn’t sex that will impact my decision to have sex and the actual act…
WWPD–What Would Paul Do?
Today I’m definitely speaking specifically to people who use the term Christian to define their faith journey. I’m also clearly making (as I always do) a few assumptions about what that means based on what I’ve learned and believe about God. We can’t get away from that. So if you find yourself responding with, “That’s…