Reflections along the wilderness way
January 26, 2012
How our Shame Hinders our Engagement in God’s Mission Part of my own story includes a lifelong battle with shame. Ask my Mom and she’ll tell you I came out of the womb fearful. I was an insecure kid who … Continue reading
January 25, 2012
“Only after we genuinely know and accept everything we find within our self can we begin to develop the discernment to know what should be crucified and what should be embraced as an important part of self.” David Benner
January 23, 2012
I’m moving on. I’ve spent the last decade-plus in the midst of a sad and frustrating polarization. In other posts, I’ve talked about it as the Emergent-Resurgence polarization. It’s the newest episode in a long series of polarization-episodes. We, Christians, … Continue reading
January 22, 2012
You are so young, so before all beginning, and I want to beg you, as much as I can. dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves … Continue reading
January 20, 2012
“To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell. Selfishness is doomed to frustration, centered as it is upon a lie. To live exclusively for … Continue reading
January 9, 2012
I believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of football and beer, And in Tim Tebow, His only Son, Who was conceived by Urban Meyer, Suffered behind Kyle Orton, Was crucified, demoted, and buried as a fourth string QB, He … Continue reading
January 6, 2012
We all know Newton’s third law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Or, at the least, we know it in our relationships. Family Systems theorists have argued for decades that a principle of polarization exists in … Continue reading