Dave Schmelzer is blogging about messy faith, as well as our own messes in life. It all sounds well, pretty messy, but it also reminds me that life is an adventure. How boring would life be if we always knew exactly what God was speaking to us, if we had all the answers, and all [...]
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Messy faith, “centered set” faith
Posted in Uncategorized on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reasonable
Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Human beings have become very reasonable.
We know the reasons that lightning precedes thunder, that spring follows winter, that apples fall to the ground, and salmon swim upstream.
We give our children reasons for why they should obey us. When something goes wrong, we ask God for a reason.
We go to therapy to look for reasons why [...]
Water
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I went swimming, something I like to do especially in the summer. I remember standing in the water, floating, and thinking: this is good. Feeling completely at peace. Enjoying the water. In-joy in the water.
Some days I swim laps. Some days I feel full of energy and I can swim for half [...]
Current reading and what I’m learning
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m reading two books right now. “Not the Religious Type: Confessions of a Turncoat Atheist” by Dave Schmelzer and “Velvet Elvis” by Rob Bell (I had to put down the third one because two concurrent books is probably enough for me!)
There’s plenty of stuff in both books that is speaking to my heart and making [...]
Faith Benefit #2: It’s supernatural rather than abstract.
Posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
#2 of top 3 (or 5?) faith benefits from Dave Schmelzer’s blog, Not The Religious Type.
…Of course God doesn’t always do what we want God to do at the moment we want it. But the explanation for that can’t be that we’re not advised to go after a God who actually does stuff. [...]
Violence?
Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A while ago, I found this note hanging on a tree along the bike trail in Conshohocken. It was handwritten and photocopied. As I was reading and walking, I looked up and there was another note. Anyway, I liked what it said and wanted to keep them but also wasn’t sure if it was meant [...]
Do you depend on God?
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sure, you can say “I depend on God”, in a spiritual sense, or an emotional sense. But do we actually physically depend on God? How can we depend on God if we can go to the supermarket whenever we are hungry? Anytime we want, we can hop in our car, ride over to the supermarket, only five minutes [...]
The kingdom of heaven is here and now
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Good News.. what is the Good News?
It’s something that I’ve been pondering in my heart over the last year, since the time I was reading a book by Brian McLaren. What is the good news? Is it that we’re going to heaven some day? Is it that Christ died for our sins so [...]
Bumping Into Love
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just came across this guy’s blog which I liked:
a new life emerging
Jesus didn’t come to give us an intellectual belief…
For those who claim to be “Christian”– followers of The Way–
the way is Love, God’s very nature, embodied in Jesus.
Christianity isn’t a “belief system”; it’s a way.
Jesus came to show the way;
to be the way– [...]
My journey
Posted in Uncategorized on April 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I want to share more about my life in this blog. I still haven’t really gotten into the blogging thing fully. Initially I thought I would use it just to share some thoughts, ideas, poetry, etc. about spirituality and religion, which has been a pretty significant part of my journey lately. Especially [...]
