My Six Word Story

Peace, grief, overflowing, delight, confusion. Trust.
He Is Sufficient threw out the idea of a six word story. Since I’m swamped and only sort of making it through life these days, six words seemed more manageable than my usual think-things-out-with-as-many-words-as-it-takes kind of post. My story may not have as much creative oomph as Ernest Hemingway’s, but [...]

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A Nighttime Prayer

One of the things I have liked about attending different churches through the years is exploring each new hymnbook for songs I’ve never heard before. I’m currently attending a United Methodist church and the hymn repertoire is large and rich.
Here are some of the words from a new song I’ve discovered. Several nights a week [...]

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As (not) Hip as I am (not) Nerdy

I ended up at this post by Spiritual Tramp in a very round about way. The author made me smile when he talked about another site and said that it “makes me wish I were geekier than I am.” It also reminded me that I have had my scores from the Nerd Test sitting in [...]

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Forgiveness is not…

…the absence of intense, difficult and negative emotions.
Here’s a quote by Bob McDonald in a comment on Lingamish’s post, Psalm 68: Should We Be Singing the Yucky Parts?, which I have been thinking back on as I’ve pondered this concept of forgiveness:
definitely sing, meditate, pray the yucky parts [of Scripture] - but leave the resolution to [...]

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Some Thoughts on Forgiveness

About forgiveness. It’s not very concrete or tangible to me. In other words, it’s not so much something I do (i.e. a formula). It’s certainly a process. But it’s less of a focus on the act of forgiveness, I suppose, and more a side effect of choosing again and again to trust God, against all [...]

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Things That Make Me Smile

Okay, so I know I think about heavy things a lot. I know much of my writing seems depressing and sad. I know I’m a very serious person. And I really do appreciate the people that worry about me because I am so often so sad. And I appreciate that some of those people keep [...]

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The Loneliness of Smart, Part 2

Or: “Internal Angst and Severe Naval Gazing”
That last post was incredibly hard to write. It’s not gotten any easier for me now that it is posted. Here are the voices that haunt me when I read back through it, and the arguments I keep repeating back to those voices:
Why are you calling yourself [...]

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The Loneliness of Smart

I want to write a few posts about a topic that is personal and hard for me to talk about. It is an area that I often feel misunderstood. As such, I have little confidence that I am even going to make sense with what I write. I don’t even know where I’m going to [...]

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Books Nearby

I’ve been tagged. For the first time ever. With not one, but two literary memes. Thanks to Christianne at Lilies Have Dreams for inviting me to talk about books.
I’ll go ahead with the first. Unfortunately, my honest answers are rather boring. Which makes me glad I get a second chance with the second meme. You [...]

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Word Help

I’ve been rather swamped with work lately. Not because the work is so much, but because the energy is so little. As a result, I’ve been thinking a lot about energy and motivation. Those are some interesting and rather fickle birds. Perhaps I’ll post more on those ideas…when I actually have energy and motivation [...]

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