Jesus, The Easy Way Out
Imagine that you’re on trial for murdering 100 people. The judge orders you to a life sentence of being beaten and tortured until the day you die…
Tag: Holy Spirit
I Prefer a Theology
I prefer a theology that pulls your hair behind your ears when you’re drunk (again) because it loves you as you are, not as you should be.
Gradient
Whenever I see a sunset, I always try to pinpoint the place in the sky where the pink stops and the blue takes over. What I’ve come to find is that you can’t. There is no single point.
The New Lonely
We can each name half a dozen songs about being alone in a crowded room, or maybe while sitting next to a lover, but is that really loneliness?
Letter to an Atheist
It sounds weird for me to tell you to pray, because to you, it may seem like speaking words into an empty room…
Experiments in Glory
Your body was in my arms but you were not.
Intimacy Part 5: Crying Like David
Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart. ~Ecclesiastes 7:3 In the past months sinceContinue Reading
Intimacy Part 4: Wrestling with a Quiet God
I stood by the Light Rail tracks waiting for my train into downtown Denver, wondering if I still believed inContinue Reading
Intimacy Part 2: Loneliness
The cure for loneliness has little to do with our external circumstances and almost everything to do with the weather going on inside of us. Michael Cusick describes it this way: “When you are empty, being alone with yourself is almost always a scary thing. But when you are full, it’s almost always a joy—like being with a good friend.”
Exercise, Part 1: Weights and Worship
So, for the past year or so, God has been showing me many illustrations for the spiritual life of aContinue Reading