Giving up being right about God, about life, about ourselves, is a process of emptying. When emptied of our need to be in charge of all the answers, we open ourselves to the stories of people we have always thought we knew. And as we listen and speak, we find out differing and difficult storiesContinue reading

Sincere, unprovoked, but still shameless plug.

My friend @Transmillennial, or Kevin Beck, is a fantastic, insightful writer, even if he does talk about sports a lot. 🙂 Last week be began a series of posts on atheism. Here’s a quote from a recent post that I absolutely love. The brief stint of my slightly atheist/agnostic view was based on this idea of God thatContinue reading “Sincere, unprovoked, but still shameless plug.”

Fleeting, but exciting ideas.

Someone once described my mind as if it where a large room with intertwining strings with pictures attached to the important plot lines for memory’s sake. If I was going to draw a picture of what’s going on up there, it probably would look like that. When I remember events from my past, it’s the details thatContinue reading “Fleeting, but exciting ideas.”

“Reconciliation Personified”

I’m not so much interested in Christian’s perspective on homosexuals…I am, however, interested in the relationship between Christians and the groups marginalized by this overwhelming religion. This blog, which I found through Samir Selmanovic‘s twitter, makes me smile simply because there are so many bridges to be built by Christians, it’s just nice to know that peopleContinue reading ““Reconciliation Personified””