I started seminary this week. After years of prayer and months of planning, I'm finally here, studying for online classes through Fuller Theological Seminary. I've dreamed about this for so long, at times it still doesn't feel real. How is it that I am so blessed? I'm taking two classes this fall -- Church… Continue reading Reading the Beatitudes in Context
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Counting 1000 Gifts
Eucharisteo -- thanksgiving -- always proceeds the miracle. ~ Ann Voskamp At my church's women's retreat last February, the book One Thousand Gifts came up in a group discussion. A couple weeks later, a friend recommended a blog to me called A Holy Experience. That same day, a different friend posted a link to said… Continue reading Counting 1000 Gifts
Enough
It's after midnight. I sit slumped on the couch, feeling the cool relief of the summer night being pulled in through the open window behind me. I could pretend the breeze was real if I didn't hear the low growl of the whole-house fan swirling down the hall. But it doesn't matter. The artificial breeze… Continue reading Enough
Rules, Virtue, and Crash-Barriers
The more I read N.T. Wright, the more I enjoy him. Consider this excerpt from After You Believe, taken out of the chapter titled "Three Virtues, Nine Varieties of Fruit, and One Body." Another illustration may help -- and may show that this is not a matter of playing rules and virtue off against each… Continue reading Rules, Virtue, and Crash-Barriers
Incandescent Ink 