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 [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘hopeful thoughts’
February 19, 2009
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 [...]
January 14, 2009
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 [...]
January 7, 2009
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 [...]
December 13, 2008
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 [...]
December 8, 2008
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 [...]
November 16, 2008
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 [...]
October 9, 2008
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 [...]