You’re a mess. Pain. All through your body. Thirsty. Shaking. So sick. You speech is rapid, your words running together. You keep looking over at your nine-year-old son and thinking, “He can wait in the car. No big deal.” Then, the last rational thought you have (just before grabbing your keys, your son, and rushing …
Let’s Go to Theology Class: Christian Ethics and the “Good Life.”
I am now only 9 credits from completing my M.A. in Theological Studies. I have enjoyed sharing with you what I have learned. I started Christian Ethics last week. The following is from my first discussion assignment. In the first class (Classical Methodologies of Ethics) is about Consequences. Consequences. Every choice we make results in …
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Overcoming Temptation (The Jesus Way)
"Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am tempted by God;' for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one; but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it …
These Pesky Grapes of Wrath
I stumbled. Turning, I looked in the Bathroom and saw the Evidence. Shower curtain torn, Laying on the floor In a pool of vomit. Not again! Powerless. Not my favorite word To say the least. Sounds like, failure. Small. Sweet. Fermented. Steeped in brokenness. Killer of relationships Thief of dreams. The mortar of excuses, Able …
Lynn
I've been less than connected to others during much of my life. I'm not so sure it was by choice. I often felt dark inside. Unable to receive light. To use illumination in any way. Such as to cast meaning and clarity on a situation. To show me a direction. To give sight where it …