It’s hard to define what normal is and is not. It’s not the same for each person. Though there is a common feeling-a sort of ethereal agreement amongst most-on the umbrella term, there remains this continual progression of action and thought that eludes specificity. But we are for the most part fine with it because…
Be Your Own Antagonist
There is no righteous strength exhibited in the act of faithfully and blindly following teachings of your tribe while refusing to wrestle with elements that appear to you illogical or contradictory. You were blessed with a brain and heart. The teachings must be put through fire-not just apologetics taught by the tribe – if there…
Your Journey is Yours…and Can Be Theirs.
New perspectives, realizations, and convictions in life can bring frustration at why those around you can’t see the same things. It is ok. It is your journey. It is your feet. And as you place one foot in front of the other you will develop a deeper appreciation for the balance that is required. Not…
The Intrusion of Freedom
To seek truth means to seek transformation. That transformation leads to freedom. As I have mentioned before, apologetics is seeking the defense of a certain belief. It is not an unabashed journey toward truth with the expectation of new information possibly changing our perspective. At some point in seeking truth we find ourselves in crisis…
The Problem With Unconditional Love
One problem we have with unconditional love is that it challenges the many addendums (speaking as an American raised in the evangelical Christian culture) we have created to account for the “exceptions” that we believe do indeed have conditions. We brilliantly find a way to keep conditions while supposedly not violating the Creator’s unconditional love….
Bold Questions=Bold Faith
“If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.” ― Thomas Merton, “Thoughts in Solitude” Speaking to and from the culture of Christianity, I want to encourage you if your questions have been met with blanket statements such as “you just need to accept and deal with –insert…
The Illusion of Freedom
“Beliefs do not change facts. Facts, if one is rational, should change beliefs.” – Ricky Gervais We are naturally inclined to study and research within the bounds of our tribe. And the “bounds” I speak of are the places we are taught not to worry about because everything passed those lines has been researched by…
The One-Sided Box
“Does God only work through violating the laws of nature? Can He not use the laws of nature He designed to accomplish His purposes? Could He not have providentially ordered the world so as to bring about life through a natural unfolding of what He had sovereignly decreed? … We must remember that when we…
Tribal Instincts and the Construction of Faith
Is deconstructing one’s faith a “movement” as it is referred to in many circles of Christianity today or is it a lifestyle that we have no choice but to embrace if we are to follow the teachings of the Christ? At the heart of any belief system there is (or should be) a desire for…
Cog in the System
System: 1 : a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole 2 : an assemblage of substances that is in or tends to equilibrium 3 : a group of devices or artificial objects or an organization forming a network especially for distributing something or serving a common purpose 4 : form of social, economic, or political organization or practice…
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