Uncertainty

My wife’s favorite professor in seminary posted this link recently.  He said something like this, “If you don’t get this, you’ll probably never understand me.”  I think I could say something similar.  Here’s to the freedom in living in uncertainty.  Not foolishly, but free from the control of knowing everything. I Want In (link 1) [...]

Saturday Citation: Gary W. Moon and David G. Benner

Theories of the divine (theology) have seemed of more interest than experience of the divine (spirituality) as Christian mental health professionals focused on the integration of psychology and theology.  How easily we missed the fact that the most essential integration is the synthesis that occurs within the individual- something that occurs optimally when it is [...]

Soundtrack

Encore: A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audience’s enthusiastic reaction to the performance, shown by continuous applause Clang!  The bench press rack rattled behind me.  The eight televisions spread across the ceiling line flashed their different features.  The exercise bikes, stair-steppers, and treadmills whirred about counting burned [...]

Theology vs. the Heart, Part II

Theology becomes rich only when it survives the onslaught of pain. -Larry Crabb I read that line the other morning and my jaw dropped. That’s it. The connector I’ve been looking for. Awhile back I wrote a piece concerning a question I have. How do we develop a discerning heart that lives fully before and [...]

Theology vs. the Heart

I’ve recently struggled over a question, talked it over with some people, and then wrestled with it more. In the two areas my desires seem to be leading me into, there seems to be an unspoken struggle. It’s not so much a tug-a-war as it is two groups, usually with good intentions, who easily fall [...]