Why is it easier to weep along with a television show than it is to weep with a friend? Is it just me? Maybe it’s because show writers know how to draw out our emotions unexpectedly. Do we listen better when we’re watching a show than when a friend is grieving? Maybe we would listen better if everyone knew how to put their grief into poignant soliloquies. Continue reading
Draw Near
approach
with confidence
toward the throne of grace
receive mercy and grace to help
our need
Hebrews 4:16 Cinquain
God With Us
There is something exciting about traveling to significant places. When I saw the Statue of Liberty in person I was amazed at how huge it was. (I wasn’t thrilled with climbing the narrow staircase inside, but everything can’t be impressive, right?) Someday I would like to visit the town that one of my ancestors founded. He was a pioneer for the US government and settled in Texas. I don’t know why exactly, but it feels like I would be connecting with something bigger, a meaningful part of my history. This seems like a common desire—traveling to see historical locations, visiting wonders of the world, or even places that just mean a lot to us personally. Continue reading
Work and Worth
When work and worth are confused, as they are in an achievement-oriented society, achievement becomes addictive because it is trying to solve a problem it was not originally designed to solve.
Justice and Power
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.
Polite Society
In effect, adolescents disclose in bold type and vivid colors the latent patterns of social disorganization that lurk always under the surface of polite society.