To date, no other political news has affected me as deeply as the SCOTUS verdict repealing Roe v. Wade released on Friday. Along with every other American who has experienced these past 31 years, I’ve witnessed a number of dissentious and divisive political scenes and events. Certainly not the most dissentious or divisive of any […]
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“Joy of the Lord is your strength” (Musing)
Nehemiah 8 – “’10 This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.’” Context: The Israelites had been exiled. Conquered and carried off, their lands and cities left in ruin and occupation. At long last, probably generations later, they began to filter back to the […]
Continue readingJohn 21 (Musing)
I could read John 21 every day. It starts with the story of Jesus’ disciples deciding to get out of the house shortly after Jesus has risen from the dead (probably a week or two). They go fishing. They get a little mindless labor in. Maybe it’s the familiar that they’re after. A sermon I […]
Continue readingThings that Blossom (Musing)
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted in here. But the sun’s shining, a seagull’s voice is an inspiring sound, and I’m excited about my coffee and my window and my computer and this blank screen so I’ll write on it. I was asked a question by a thoughtful and dear friend not too […]
Continue readingQuestions I Live By (Musing)
I think I’ve written about this before – I’ll go back at some point and look for the original post and see how close I still am (or how much this has shifted since then). But this musing crossed my mind this past weekend and is still sitting with me today. I think I am […]
Continue readingThe Green I Want (Musing)
Green. The kind of green that has sun streaming through it; a closed-eyes-but-still-visible green. And quiet. The kind of quiet that might be punctuated by a frog in the distance or the sound of a katydid somewhere in the trees surrounding. And still. The still that only lives after prolonged fear and madness and chaos. […]
Continue readingAn Angsty Journal Entry (Musing)
I hopped out of the glider (a double-section electric bus that conveniently traces the major artery I live closest to and carries people into or out of the city centre, the only place public transportation conveniently transits to and from in Belfast) a stop early. The sun shone exuberantly and I needed to walk. The […]
Continue readingResponse to Rejection (Musing)
This morning I woke up to an email apologetically (but a bit too perkily) informing me that I hadn’t gotten into a business accelerator program to which I had applied. It was a competitive, Australia-wide, elite competition with thousands of entries. But still, it was disappointing and discouraging to not get in. My gut response […]
Continue readingPoor Creatures Cavernous for Love (Musing)
I lay in bed last night angry. I was angry at God because, in that moment, I felt like I was straining trying to feel Him; trying to reach Him; trying to find Him; trying to hear His breathing and instead heard and felt nothing. Like He was avoiding me. I was angry because it […]
Continue readingCut Their Losses (Musing)
Luke 15 – “1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 ‘Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one […]
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