Posts by writingjoy
Oh Brother: Sex as a Stumbling Block
I asked Tamara (tu MAH ruh, like a Southerner saying tomorrow) if she would guest-post for me when I realized that these last few days before my trip to Bolivia with World Vision would be some high-stress days. She is one of the funniest women I know, and her passion for Jesus inspires me. Plus,…
Read MoreWhen the Bible Becomes Your Idol
Yesterday I began explaining some of the discoveries I’ve made about the Bible — about perfection and errors and whether we can trust it. Today, I will continue sharing these discoveries. But first, before I dive into discovery number three, Scott raised an excellent objection to the idea that infallibility means the Bible will never…
Read MoreThe Bible and Perfection: When Modern and Ancient Collide
Last week I spent a lot of time talking about the problems with the teaching that the Bible, and especially our English translations, has no mistakes, errors, or issues. I described just a few of the inherent flaws in saying that an ancient book written in ancient languages a couple thousand years ago can be…
Read MoreWhen Fear and Heat Pile On
It’s a dry irritated cough, racking his little body until tears drip and stomach inverts. He pulls desperate at the straw, trying to wash the cough away with cold water. I hold him as I page through my mental book of mom-tricks for anything that might soothe. Cold air. Where to find cold air in…
Read MoreAll-power or weak love
I’ve always wrestled more with trusting God and resting in his love than I have with grasping his sovereign power. But you can’t trust raw power any more than you can depend on weak love.
Read MoreThe Loss Before the Loss (a five-minute post)
We lost her before we lost her. The evening the doctors told us that her heart was so deformed, we lost our healthy baby. We received in her place a very different baby, a difficult one, a scary one, a beautiful and infinitely precious one, but we had lost our healthy baby. And the losses…
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