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Thoughts on Change
You will never feel guilty enough to truly change ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts during morning service 10/06/2013
I have this picture of all of the things that I'm struggling with, all of the concepts that I'm refusing, or mistrusting, closing like an iris over the portal that will allow me to see, or interact with, life ( Read more... ) -
Some thoughts on Unity and Love
I'll just say it: There's a certain class of people who, especially on the internet, only talk about "unity and love" when it comes to not talking about something that they feel uncomfortable about ( Read more... ) -
Grasping the impossible
At this point in my life, I have a lot of trouble grasping or internalizing the idea that God loves me in an individually meaningful way ( Read more... ) -
"Like a River"
There's a scene in one of my favorite books where a boy has been instructed as part of a self defense class to be "strong like a river", but to him, this makes no sense...rivers always flow away, they don't stand still, they aren't strong ( Read more... ) -
Direction (less)
Wow, that's a precious title ( Read more... ) -
Median Variation
Well meaning people will tell you that there is no such thing as normal, but then everybody talks about things like being happy, and when you're pretty much never happy, or you're not sure you would recognize it if you felt it, you begin to suspect that, well meaning people aside, some things are normal ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on the name of God
In Genesis, Moses is having his moment with the burning bush, and he asks how he's supposed to refer to this deity that claims ownership over the Children of Israel. The voice within the bush replies "I am" or perhaps "I am who I will be ( Read more... ) -
Disconnected
When you realize more and more than you have no real context for normal, things begin to attenuate ( Read more... ) -
RT Discussion dump
Comments here (assuming people follow up) regarding Jon's comments about the extremes we seem to go to, both as a result of pursuing RT, and of the culture that RT is reacting against.