The sponge streaked over my kitchen counter removing all loose residue, but failed to budge a droplet of what looked like concrete which had adhered itself to the tiles. I flipped the sponge to its rougher side and took a few more passes over the splotch. No effect. It remained…
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Meandering - Volume III
In the poem Fire and Ice by Robert Frost, the speaker presents two schools of thought regarding the end of the world: SOME say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it…
Ctrl+Alt+Del: Calling for a Christian Reboot
Cedar Grove Community Church is hosting a new Worship Bible Study at 6pm on Sunday nights. One of the discussions trailed over onto Facebook. The prompt was as follows: I'd like to continue a discussion that we started at our Bible Study on Sunday night... here's the question: describe what…
Meandering - Volume II
Tuesday nights, several young women and I get together at a local coffee shop for fellowship and coffee and a chance to vent and lean on one another. It's a group which is ever evolving, changing locations, changing members. We've discussed books by C.S. Lewis and Lauren Winner, chapters…
Meandering - Volume I
I have a dear friend with deep convictions. When she curls up at the other end of my couch and wages theological battle against me, no matter how minor our topic might actually be, it makes me happy. Talking with her like this, my twenty-one-year-old friend who is the essence…
Evaluation
Drops of perspiration trembled along my jawline, clustering defensively in the face of gravity, and then splashed onto my bare, pumping thighs. We have a 'new' exercise bike, gifted to us by a friend who has acquired truly new exercise equipment and needed the space. The bike sits in our…
Faith at First Sight
Yesterday, I listened to an interview with Erik Reece, an author and English professor at the University of Kentucky. When he was young, he lost his preacher father to suicide. Understandably, Reece grew up at odds with a church which pounded fear and guilt into (and, perhaps arguably, out of)…
Answering the Call for The Symbiotic Life
Hi Tom & Dave, Thank you for the thorough comments on TGBTRD. I appreciate your time, your words, and your insight. TB: I wonder if the generalizations that you are making here are due to the fact that [CGCC's] main failing as a church has been how we are communicating…