"Religion hangs around the cross
But true Christianity hangs on the cross."

I drove home from Lancaster today and rounded the cliff on Route 365, into the city of Pittsburgh. The cliff hides the city lights and the beautiful view of tower after tower of old buildings and storefronts that I've grown to adore as a resident of this small city that I call home. As I rounded the bend, driving 65mph, along with the neighboring ( Read more... )

I'm staring, literally staring, at this tree outside the seminary, leading to the properties exit. It's a giant white oak and out the window, from where I gaze, I can only see the top. Huge limbs from the trunk, darting and sprouting from every angle. White against the white sky. The tree looks cold. And if I didn't know better, or see the ( Read more... )

Out for the Count ( Read more... )

My sister went into the birthing center, 8 cm dilated at 3:00 A.M. Friday morning. A little over three hours later, after very hard labor, at 6:40 A.M. she delivered Nadia - 9lbs 2oz, 23 inches long...a very large baby, especially for her first one! Nadia is beautiful. And good. She sleeps all the time and breast feeds without a glitch ( Read more... )

I want to make love to the truth - to feel its power brush against my most fragile and tender places - to trust its discomfort, knowing that it takes time for the pleasure of its nature to transform the process. I want to feel it rise and fall into me, piercing brutality mixed with life-giving power. Dreadfully delightful, toxically dangerous, ( Read more... )

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sooo...weird.

ok guys...here's one for you:

can you be friends with an ex?

Lenten Confession: Lindsay Louise Bachman ( Read more... )

It's apparently country-western day in the seminary. I'm in the computer lab listening to God-Knows-What. When in the seminary, we're supposed to somehow feel more in the presence of God. Right now, I swear I'm in hell. Country with that aweful twang is so pathetic. I hate it. Grrr *smirk ( Read more... )