Last week, I asked Deb how I might try to pray for a situation whose desired outcome is unclear. On one hand, I might pray for something to happen. On the other hand, of course, I might also have cause to pray for the same thing to not happen. And sometimes, it's just not clear which way to pray.
My sense, tonight, is that something big is about to happen.
+Why People End Up In Alaska
Since the footings of our nation were laid, people’s pursuit of discovery has always led westward. It seems, then, only logical to regard Alaska as a culminating point in that journey.
In my first weeks, I noticed that the introduction processes around here have an extra feature. In addition to [...]
I have, lately, been trying to figure out the logistics of being angry at God.
I read an article in a Cleveland, Ohio newspaper about Patrick's death, and in the comments section, people kept talking about how his family's deep and abiding faith would carry them through. Frankly speaking, that sounds like some bullshit that somebody would only say if they hadn't ever lost a son, a brother, a close friend. Like my friend Carissa, I'm not okay with dismissing this as a matter of God's will.
After just shy of 50 hours on a train, I have decided that maybe pictures will tell the story better than words. (I’ll use a few words anyhow, I suppose.)
Mark had written several articles for secular magazines and had been interviewed a few times on the radio and had gotten this reputation as a pastor who said cusswords. It is true that Mark said alot of cusswords. I don’t know why he did it. He hadn’t become a Christian until he [...]
I have this problem, you see? I will walk into used bookstores, get excited about the treasures held therein, and buy as many of them as I can afford. I picked up this book to criticize the cover, opened it to read the title poem and, much to my surprise, ended the poem [...]
All he asked was that I do it better than him.
Nate, I only hope that on some night in the future, I’ll be playing
with a sound man half as good as you. Your future only holds
bigger and brighter things, and we were downright lucky to have
you while we did.
-Dan
Tell me, how would you feel?
You’d probably give up too,
If nobody believed in you.