I thought it would be helpful if I shared my story. For those of you coming to the blog a bit later on, yes, I shared four posts in this category before going back to write an introduction. That is a prime example of part of my story: I have ADHD, and I’m making this … Continue reading Pieces of Me
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The Bible vs Sunday School
The church as a cultural entity has been under fire a lot in recent decades. We have an opportunity to use this as a refining fire. Culture shifts, changes. Sometimes this is objectively good: abolishing slavery, developing social justice, and broadening civil rights. Sometimes it’s subjectively good: changing fashion and propriety. Sometimes it’s completely neutral: … Continue reading The Bible vs Sunday School
Pieces of the Mosaic
Welcome to my home. We make the most of what we have, here. Old items get repurposed; yard sales and thrift stores a regular habit. Our home is more...eclectic comfortable than it is stylish, but we like it. I didn’t always. I’ll be honest. I used to long for a well designed home with coordinated … Continue reading Pieces of the Mosaic
It’s Weird, I Tell You
Ok, so here's the thing. Worship is weird. Church is weird. Everything about Christianity is weird. It isn't just going about your life and getting through the day, looking for ways to enjoy yourself. It's more than practicing spirituality and seeking peaceful enlightenment. For those of you that have been in it your whole life, … Continue reading It’s Weird, I Tell You
2 Kings 8-11 Psalm 103
I don’t want to write about these chapters. I’m getting tired of kings killing each other. I’m sure the average citizen was pretty tired of it, too, but honestly it sounds pretty normal, like they didn’t really know there were other ways to live at this point. Instead of dwelling on that, though, I’m gonna … Continue reading 2 Kings 8-11 Psalm 103
2 Kings 4-7 Psalm 102
Two things. All these stories, and I want to focus on two things. The Shunamite woman saying “everything is fine” and Naaman’s servant saying “really, dude?” The Shunamite woman has her son die in her arms. Excuse me while my heart breaks and I spend about an hour crying over this. She never even asked … Continue reading 2 Kings 4-7 Psalm 102
2 Kings 1-3 Psalm 101
I have a few thoughts about Elisha. Primarily that he’s the perfect leading character in a modern action/drama. He’s intense, he’s loyal, he’s strong. Yeah, he’s bald, but that just humanizes him. Seriously, though, Elisha tries to leave him behind three times. I’ll be honest, I don’t really understand why. The only thing I can … Continue reading 2 Kings 1-3 Psalm 101
1 Kings 20-22 Psalm 100
Oh, Ahab, the grown man, the king who throws a temper tantrum when he doesn’t get a piece of land he has no right to. Who won’t ask that prophet, the real prophet, for advice because he knows he won’t like what he’ll hear. I mean come on! How childish is that? “Nope. I don’t … Continue reading 1 Kings 20-22 Psalm 100
1 Kings 17-19 Psalm 99
Elijah. I kind of feel like he’s a story-time prophet, and I don’t mean that in a bad way. These are some of my favorite ‘stories.’ I just don’t really remember the application from Sunday School lessons about him. Even throughout the rest of the histories, there was always usually an application, whether I now … Continue reading 1 Kings 17-19 Psalm 99
Moses Hits the Rock
I was taught that Moses wasn’t allowed to enter the Promised Land because he got violent when God told him to speak peacefully. He hit a rock he was only supposed to talk to. He disobeyed. DON’T DISOBEY! Okay. But… Aaron wasn’t kept out of the Promised Land after making an idol, or scheming against … Continue reading Moses Hits the Rock
1 Kings 14-16 Psalm 98
And things just fall apart. I mean, this is just a succession of bad. There is one faithful king here. Just one. And Asa is so faithful he’s willing to remove his own mother, (or perhaps grandmother?) from the royal household. That’s pretty extreme. Would you be willing to cut your family out of your … Continue reading 1 Kings 14-16 Psalm 98
1 Kings 11-13 Psalm 97
Yeah, I’m not sure whether Solomon actually loved all the women. It says he did, but that could just be poetic language since he married them all. Or it could be that he loved the prestige of being married to them all. Or, as I heard taught more than once, he could have loved ‘being … Continue reading 1 Kings 11-13 Psalm 97
1 Kings 8-10 Psalm 96
Let me tell you something: He gave sacrifices three times a year seems a bit inadequate. The dude’s got people seeking him out from all over the world. And there’s no word of him attributing his wisdom to God? That seems like quite the oversight if he were actually faithfully attributing his wisdom to God. … Continue reading 1 Kings 8-10 Psalm 96