Peace. You know after everything i’ve said about concepts like Hope and Joy and how much i’ve struggled to write well about them you’d think that peace might be something else with which I deeply struggle. But i’ve found that that’s not the case. Quite the contrary, i’ve found that my cynical views on HopeContinue reading “On Peace and the Final Week of Advent”
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On Joy and the Third Week of Advent
Oh boy if I wasn’t equipped to write on HOPE I’m even less equipped to write on Joy of all things. BUT I didn’t invent Advent or the order of the virtues uplifted, and some of my best writings come from a struggle with the topic. So I started out doing some reading by someContinue reading “On Joy and the Third Week of Advent”
On Compassion and Wisdom; Love and Doctrine.
I think one of the greatest modern (and frankly historical) divisions in the church can be described as a split between those who place an emphasis on Love and those who place an emphasis on correct doctrine. So i’m clear at the outset i’m going to state definitively that anyone who sacrifices love for doctrine,Continue reading “On Compassion and Wisdom; Love and Doctrine.”
On Faith and the Second Week of Advent
So…. this is a little demonstration of authenticity. When I started writing my Advent series I didn’t really look ahead or plan… at all. So when I functionally identified Hope with Faith I didn’t realize that the second week of Advent was set on Faith. So here we go, time to write on Faith asContinue reading “On Faith and the Second Week of Advent”
On Certainty and Faith Healings
I have experienced a faith healing. A couple, actually, plus one that apparently happened when I was in 8th grade, but I was very sick and in Mexico at the time so I can’t exactly testify to that with any meaningful certainty. What I can testify to is when I was healed in college andContinue reading “On Certainty and Faith Healings”
On Jesus and Father God and Oh Holy Spirit and Yes Lord and Brevity.
I am going to write about a great many topics on this blog, but ultimately my first love is God. I’m in seminary and before I fell in love with studying English literature and writing I had decided to dedicate my life to the largely academic pursuit of Christ. So it should be no surpriseContinue reading “On Jesus and Father God and Oh Holy Spirit and Yes Lord and Brevity.”
On Who I am and What I do.
There are only a handful of talents I have at which I consider to be excellent, talents which rise above the mire of insecurities and apprehensions I tend to swim in like quicksand. I consider myself an excellent driver, I’m above average at video games, especially the turn-based strategy type, and above both of thoseContinue reading “On Who I am and What I do.”
Fauxy Correspondence 