Jun 23, 2009
How it Ends: Random Thoughts on Life and Uganda
Well, I’m sitting in a small hotel room in Washington D.C. I have just spent the last 48 hours preparing for and lobbying government officials to support a proposed bill that will pressure the Obama administration to partner with the Uganda government to capture Joseph Kony and bring the longest running war in Africa to an end. It has been a really long two days. I came out here with an organization... read more
Jun 19, 2009
Self-awareness of Theology
This morning one of my interns led the devotional and spoke about how we see ourselves. He said something to the effect of how we see ourselves reveals our theology. Something that I know a lot of people struggle with is body image. Just yesterday, I was thinking about how much I hate my body and feel trapped in it. As I sat by a pond I cried. I just thought how what was going on inside me was not of God.... read more
Jun 16, 2009
The Progression & Limitation of Faith
Introduction Throughout history, there have been many pivotal moments that have affected the way that humans view Christianity. These pivotal moments began with the Apostles witnessing the death, burial, and resurrection, as they finally understood what their rabbi had been teaching them for three long years. From this point they sought to instruct others in accepting a message of eternal love and... read more
Jun 8, 2009
Testimony
I have always had a hard time telling others my testimony. I felt like there was nothing to say. I grew up going to church and believing in God, and being a Christian was just a part of life. I would hear these amazing stories of redemption and transformation. I would sing, “I once was blind, but now I see.” I just didn’t understand when I “turned from my old ways of being a sinner to becoming a... read more
Jun 4, 2009
These Moments before the Dawn
It’s dusk where I live, but I’m thinking about the dawn. Recently, me and my fiance Heather moved a whole lot of boxes and bags of stuff out of my house in Fort Worth into an apartment in Dallas. A few days later, I was waiting on her to finish a meeting and I was sitting on a square hewn log serving as a bench and I begin to ponder my world as I have been seeing it. It was sunny, and warm... read more
Jun 1, 2009
“In everyone we meet…”
I bitch a lot. I’m actually pretty good at it and I feel that I spend so much of my time complaining about people and ideas and republicans and christians and my students and myself and everything else that I often go days and days without reflecting on things that are good in my life, which is a hell of alot. I’m really learning that life is too short and too amazing to focus on the... read more
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