Aging, like death, is a reality we are all aware of. We are aware, and yet still it’s surprising. Not yet! We cry to the mirror as it reveals new age lines. Surely, not yet! I suppose I’m experiencing what many have before me, While eyeing the ever-nearing arrival of middle age. The shock of
I’ll never forget that wild-eyed man. Or the gun he had pressed to my head. I was 16 years old. And I was at church camp. The Columbine massacre had just began a new and horrifying chapter in American history, and Christian culture had latched on to a particular of the incident. The shooter had
A thought has been circulating around in my mind, and I decided that today, which is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on the church calendar, is the day to pin it down. It starts with a memory. I remember walking with my dad on a tour of the International Bible Society in Colorado Springs
Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a big Enneagram fan girl. Ennea-what? Enneagram – basically means a 9-pointed shape, but it refers to a personality typing system that is, well- ancient. It’s been brushed up and expanded on in more recent decades, but its origins trace back hundreds of years. It was
It’s the question that has plagued believers and served as ammunition for skeptics. Why does God allow suffering? How can a good God look down on the pain, despair, and misery that is the lot of so many, and let it be? I’ve been thinking about this recently, but the question in my mind took
