The gospel. The story of the astonishing act of God himself in coming down to be part of our alienated world, to endure the full horror of our rebellion against love, to take the whole burden of our guilt and shame, and to lift us up into communion and fellowship with himself, breaks into this…
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The Struggle for Identity
I met with a friend last week and much of our discussion centered around identity. I think many in my generation have an ongoing battle with identity. It is no secret that many who have graduated college in the last 5 to 10 years have been forced to find jobs not within their area of…
Face to Face
I’ve felt very convicted about something in the past week or two. It was lingering within me a couple weeks ago, but was definitely confirmed as something that needs to change this past Saturday. I felt it partially 2 weeks ago when the Twins beat the Tigers in epic fashion. I felt it partially that…
Convicted
I was thinking the other day about how weird it is that I’m convicted about different things in my life all the time. Trying to change my attitude in different situations, trying to make better decisions, etc. In some ways this is a drag because I’m realizing it never ends. Being convicted is a part…
Dear Reader
Dear Sarah Palin Dear Barack Obama Dear Reader, I’m sure you’ve been wondering why I’ve been writing about politics with such a negative tone. And that is a valid question. I’m sure that I managed to offend almost everyone with each of those letters that I posted. I do have a method behind my madness…
Give Yourself Away .2
Part One Creative Chaos @ The Soul. Today I hope we provide some concrete answers. The beauty of this blog conversation and my conversation with Rose is that there are no concrete answers. As you can tell, I don’t deal with this very well, but I am doing my best to open up to God’s…