Suffering
All I Have Is a Wordless Wail
News of the sad, the disappointing, the frustrating, the terrifying, and the tragic have been rolling like high tide. The brokenness of people, of health, of the world, and of relationships is too much to bear. All I can do is sit in wordless wailing. Helpless in the face of it all. Prayer seems a…
Read MoreThis One’s for You this Easter
This one is for everyone who is so hurt by the church that they can’t imagine celebrating Easter this Sunday. It’s for the ones who can’t see the words to “He Arose” through the anger at the ones trying to push them down. It’s for the woman who has been silenced because she has the…
Read More“Because I Can” – a Book Review, Giveaway, and Author Interview by the Most Amateur Interviewer Since Chris Farley
Janet Oberholtzer is a great sport. She agreed to be a test subject for me to learn how my new advertising network works (that’s her ad in my sidebar — have you seen it?). This week she agreed to let me try out my interviewing skills AND my recording skills — I’ve never recorded a…
Read MoreGratitude Lists and What To Do with Pain
For about a year I’ve been looking for every-day gifts, the little (and not-so-little) things that with familiarity I take for granted and stop seeing. Ann Voskamp hosts a link-up every Monday for those who are doing the same. She has challenged readers to see the gifts in what she calls “the hard graces” –…
Read MoreI’m Afraid of God: on Sacrifice, Pain, and the Sovereignty of God
Have you ever been afraid of God? I have. I am afraid of God. I live my faith-life in Calvinist circles, where they (we?) believe in what they call the sovereignty of God. They believe that unless God has His hand in every single thing that happens, He cannot be God. Many of them take…
Read MoreWomen, War, and Peace – you MUST watch this new PBS series
Women, War & Peace extended preview. Series airing Tuesdays on PBS. See more from Women War and Peace. I’m so excited about this documentary, and so proud of the women featured here. In fact, two of the women featured in one of the episodes are winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize! {I just want…
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