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Why I Need a God Who Wears a Cross: A Meditation for Holy Week

It wasn’t supposed to be this way.  This final victory lap of the book; the last touches on a manuscript that I now a bit bashfully would let other eyes see for the very first time: they were supposed to [...]

Sleepless in Atlanta

Every so often my demons- they know me well- stop by. Early this morning, not wanting to wake my husband who lay snoring next to me, I found myself crouched in silent tears next to the kitchen door, seeking some [...]

Evil in “High Places”- Why This Week’s Convictions Belong to a Long Struggle for Justice

                  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. - Ephesians 6:12 (King James [...]

The One, Unforgivable Thing: Weird Sayings Continued

“If anyone speaks a word against the son of man, it will be forgiven.  But if anyone speaks a word against the Holy Spirit, it won’t be forgiven, either in the present age or in the age to come” (Matthew [...]

The Octopus and the Quarter

“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!…It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”  Mark 10:23, [...]

5 Ways to Stay Spiritually Grounded When Fantasy Calls

Addiction and fantasy can often go hand in hand.  An alcoholic friend of mine will often say that there are times when he “gets stuck in his head.”  I know what he means.  While I have never craved the bottle, [...]

Playing Host to Our Demons: Weird Sayings Continued…

“When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.  Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’  When it arrives, it finds the house swept [...]

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5 Tips for Facing Our Fears
Early this morning, I was just drifting off into the halcyon waters of deep sleep REM when my son woke me up to s

posted 10:36:06am Jun. 19, 2013 | read full post »

Small, Big World
It's good to be back here at this intersection between life and God. While we were away, my husband picked up a large coffee table book about space. (It's no wonder that he once nursed a d

posted 11:31:28am Jun. 18, 2013 | read full post »

Face Into the Wind
Greetings from Shelter Island, New York where I'm vacationing after the completion of the manuscript for Grace Sticks. (Next week I'll be back to the regular schedule of 3-5 posts a week.) "Kemah" is the name of my family's home here; the term is a Native American expression meaning "face into the

posted 12:39:48pm Jun. 14, 2013 | read full post »

Mental Health Break: "Dead Sea"
This week's feature comes from one of my favorite bands, The Lumineers, who recently performed in my city of Atlanta. "Dead Sea" is a song for every restless soul w

posted 10:05:49am Jun. 05, 2013 | read full post »

God of the Gaps: Survey Finds Americans Pray More in Disasters
It's another week of hermitic writing, I'm afraid, so you'll be hearing less from me as I push through edits from a second revision. But this morning I stumbled upon a report from Religion Today which I found interesting in light of my church small group's conversation yesterday around prayer and le

posted 10:57:37am Jun. 03, 2013 | read full post »


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