All About Pain: The Toughness Fallacy
I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but it’s cold, rainy and windy here by me so I’ll use that as my excuse for being a...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Apr 23, 2014
- 1 min
What We’ve Accomplished
I meant to include a link to this video in my last post, but I forgot it. I did fix that. But the video is something I had been meaning...
- Apr 22, 2014
- 1 min
Wounds
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- Apr 19, 2014
- 1 min
Beautiful and Terrible Things
This seems appropriate for the time when death has just passed and resurrection has yet to happen . . . Pass It On! Tweet Email More...
- Apr 17, 2014
- 3 min
Waiting on Easter
I was raised Roman Catholic which means that I cannot go through Holy Week without feeling the urge to do something. Go to mass everyday....
- Apr 17, 2014
- 1 min
Security Is a Fairy Tale
Some wise but bracing words from Ms. Keller for Holy Thursday . . . Pass It On! Tweet Email More Print Share on Tumblr WhatsApp #life #meme
- Apr 16, 2014
- 5 min
The Entrance Leads to the Whole
So, know anyone with some really bad theology? Like you hear them talk and all you can hear are the lies, errors and misrepresentations...
- Apr 16, 2014
- 1 min
Your Wednesday Cure
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- Apr 15, 2014
- 8 min
The Injured Easter Bird
Once upon a time, there was a farmer who decided not to go to church on Easter Morning. He’d been going his whole life, but a few years...
- Apr 15, 2014
- 1 min
Late Fragment
I just love this poem. BTW, I wrote about this poem here, if you’re interested. And sorry about the silence around here. Our internet...
- Apr 11, 2014
- 3 min
Becoming People of the Story
Christian theology, while it’s often thought of as an argument over who’s right and who is wrong, can actually be understood as the...
- Apr 9, 2014
- 2 min
So Much For Soft Hearted and Squishy Headed
There’s a popular stereotype which says that people who worry about the homeless, racism, poverty and other social ills have soft hearts...
- Apr 7, 2014
- 1 min
Not So Red of Tooth and Claw
I’ve mentioned before that I’ve long wondered what it says about God that we live in a world of predator and prey. Sometimes it helps to...
- Apr 7, 2014
- 4 min
Forgiving Is Hard, Not Impossible
One of my many idiosyncratic beliefs is that Africa has a special role to play in God’s upside down kingdom. For so long, Africa has been...
- Apr 6, 2014
- 5 min
Overcoming the Fall
At the fall, Adam and Eve’s eyes were opened to what they looked like from the perspective of someone who didn’t like them very much....
- Apr 2, 2014
- 3 min
The Genuis and Challenge of Christianity
The genius of Christianity is that it demands you give mental agreement to all sorts of things you don’t actually agree with. Love your...
- Apr 1, 2014
- 1 min
Never Waste Your Time . . .
Oh, the hours of my life I wish I could get back! Pass It On! Tweet Email More Print Share on Tumblr WhatsApp #life #memes #relationships...
- Mar 31, 2014
- 1 min
When You Can’t Agree
It is one thing to oppose what you think is messed up; it’s a whole other thing to be and live the alternative. ~ Jim Palmer At some...
- Mar 31, 2014
- 1 min
It’s OK To Say . . .
It’s OK to say to God, “I don’t know how to do what you’re asking me to do. I don’t know how to be loving or kind or patient or...
- Mar 30, 2014
- 4 min
What Not Judging Is and Is Not
I wrote last week about not judging as a form of spiritual discipline. It occurs to me that part of our problem with not judging is that...
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