Archive for the Live and Learn Category

Made in G-d’s Image: Speaking Life

Lately my beautiful and highly intelligent fiance and I have been talking about the power of the words. How words can be utterly destructive, bringing death, or contain the miraculous power of life. At our weekly bible study slash Sunday School class yesterday we watched the final installment of a series done by Life Church [...]

Health Care Reform and Discipleship

Lately I have been reading about the discussion of health care reform. I find it odd that Christians can get so worked up and mixed up in political lines and battles. Jesus clearly says that if we are his disciples people will know because of the love we have for each other. Maybe there is [...]

Living Gracefully

For the last week or so I have been convicted about my approach to the church and, if I’m completely honest, humanity in general. I have been critical, far too critical, of fellow humanity. Anyone who knows me or reads this blog knows that I am a pacifist, because I believe as a follower of [...]

Memorial Day

I had plans to write out an angry post yesterday regarding Memorial Day and the relation of that day to those who claim to follow a peaceful (possibly even pacifist) savior, Jesus, the Christ. However, instead I think it would benefit readers more to read a post by a friend on his blog Dear Theophilus. [...]

On Slavery

I just finished reading a blog post from a friend and brother in Christ about modern slavery. It cuts me deep every time I hear or read something like this. I really encourage you to go read it and think about ways in which we can seek the redemption of creation or, at the very [...]