Today I read Faith and Other Flat Tires by Andrea Palpant Dilley. Dilley grew up the daughter of Quaker missionaries in Kenya and then spent her college years at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington.After studying at Whitworth Dilley left the church and went searching in the company of men and booze. She pushed the boundariesContinueContinue reading “A missionary kid leaves the faith and then doubts her way back to faith”
Category Archives: Confession
We are meant to relate Face to Face!
Jacob and Esau’s reconciliation might have looked like this.“But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.” Genesis 33:4These brothers, long estranged, finally met. Most expected the worst. But no. They both decided to drop their swords, figuratively and literally. God doesContinueContinue reading “We are meant to relate Face to Face!”
The Beginning of Lent
The sign of the cross, received by millions on Ash WednesdayTonight Jennifer and I joined about 100 community members and University of Illinois students at an Ash Wednesday service at Twin City Bible Church in Urbana, IL. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the 40 day period leading up to Easter.After gathering inContinueContinue reading “The Beginning of Lent”
Straying thoughts when trying to prayer
In case you wondered, you’re not the only person whose thoughts have ever strayed when trying to connect with God. Here’s the prayer of a 9th century Irish priest…Shame on my thoughts, how they stray from me! I fear great danger from this on the day of eternal judgment. During the psalms they wander onContinueContinue reading “Straying thoughts when trying to prayer”
The heart of confession
Confess your sins to each other, James 5:16 says. There’s healing if we do, according to the verse. This is not easy, friends. Not for me anyway. Putting words on what I did makes confession painful, but it also helps bring healing. Who wants to accept his own guilt? Who wants to face what is mean or cowardly or cruel inside ofContinueContinue reading “The heart of confession”
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