Resurrection thoughts or It’s not about the damn bunny

In some ways I’m revisiting an earlier post in writing this, but I think it is worthwhile as Easter is upon us.  In my mind I have been thinking over and over again that if the resurrection hadn’t happened, then Christ’s death wouldn’t matter, because he’d be dead.  I’m not trying to downplay the significance [...]

Sometimes I hear the gospel in songs, and I weep.

This song was playing as I drove today.  It got to me.  Especially the parts in bold.
If you don’t own music by this man, you should.
Andrew Peterson
Love and Thunder
High Noon  
High noon in the valley of the shadow 
When the deep of the valley was bright 
When the mouth of the tomb 
Shouted, “Glory, the Groom is alive” 
So [...]

Worshipful Anger

Apparently I’m angry with God.  I say apparently, because it makes me uncomfortable to straightforwardly and honestly state that I am really pissed at God.  I keep my anger at a low simmer, because if I let it loose I think it might scare the hell out of me.  My counselor asked if I thought it was [...]

New Year’s Resolution

cyn⋅i⋅cal
–adjective

1.
like or characteristic of a cynic; distrusting or disparaging the motives of others.

2.
showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one’s actions, esp. by actions that exploit the scruples of others.

3.
bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.

For too many years I have prided myself on being cynical and sarcastic.  Granted, there is much [...]

Attachment Theory

After wrapping up a semester, I have looked back a little as to what I have learned.  There’s a lot.  I think it might have changed me in some really good ways.  One of the things that have brought me peace is attachment theory.  Attachment is usually something associated with children, but this semester it [...]

Hope and Grief

I am always attempting to find a way to hang on to hope.  Hope asks us to look at the bigger picture in the midst of the in your face details.  As I look back on my first semester at Covenant, I am forced to reflect on the topic of grief.  Grief came up in [...]

got hope?

As I was driving to church this morning, I saw this bumper sticker.  It took me a second before I saw the fine print of Obama’s website.  It made me sad.  
Romans 8:18-25 says this:
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed [...]

Hope

I have been reading The Healing Path by Dan Allender for my Intro to Counseling class.  The topic of hope has come up, and some of you know that hope is as much an area of interest for me as it is a challenge.  Allender has come up with a definition of hope that resonates with the tension [...]