Category Archives: Christianity
Not Listening
photo © 2005 Phillip Capper | more info (via: Wylio) Sunday was frigid cold. The fellowship hall with its beige walls, white ceiling, and cold metal chairs didn’t add much in the way of welcoming warmth. Sunday School began as … Continue reading
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Call Me Scaredy-Cat
Call me Scaredy-Cat. photo © 2008 Diana Parkhouse | more info (via: Wylio) Like everyone else, I am totally afraid of certain things. I am freaked by snakes, falling, heights, spiders, and the words “I’m praying for you.” Yes, the … Continue reading
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Pass the Scar Cream
We live with scars. photo © 2009 Nestor Galina | more info (via: Wylio)I have scars from knee surgeries, scars from curling iron burns, scars from hitting my head on the table, scars from teenage breakouts. Physical scars bearing evidence … Continue reading
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Forever Ends
photo © 2010 Hartwig HKD | more info (via: Wylio) Back in the 1990′s Michael W. Smith’s song “Friends” permeated the air waves, sung incessantly at youth group Senior Banquets before those graduated go to college, and even performed at … Continue reading
Filed under Christianity, Feminism, Musings
Where does your Christ come from?
photo © 2007 David Lienhard | more info (via: Wylio) During the week of Christmas, I begin pulling away from the twinkle lights, malls full of shoppers, pictures with Santa, just to remember why I celebrate Christmas. To revel in … Continue reading
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Building a Better Story
Every December, some Facebook application comes out with the “my year in status updates.” The year of 2010 narrated by me…I wrote each status, posted it daily or even hourly…the story of my year compressed into one image. After reading … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, Christianity, Musings
Poem-Christmas
photo © 2009 K.Hurley | more info (via: Wylio) Blurring the lines Of chaotic turmoil And the quiet places. Whispering in the cold Speaking peace To an empty full sky. Awakening brilliance shines Glory steps out Upon the stars. Murmurings … Continue reading
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Hope
photo © 2007 Per Ola Wiberg | more info (via: Wylio) Hope… Yesterday began the season of Advent. We celebrated like so many other churches the gift of hope. Hope in the promised Messiah, hope in the future of the … Continue reading
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Are We Friends?
photo © 2009 Bilal Mirza | more info (via: Wylio) Yesterday, I sat in the Sunday School classroom complete with wooden school chairs, particle board table, and cheesy posters. We even had an older wooden pulpit sitting in the corner–almost … Continue reading
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Story of Faith
photo © 2009 Dave Heuts | more info (via: Wylio) I love stories—the exposition, the rising action, the climax, the denouement. On cold Autumn nights, I like nothing better than to wrap up in some snugly pajamas and read a … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Christianity, Faith, Musings
