Champion the Fight; Don’t Make it Invisible

** piggy-backs are not just for children. This piece is a response I wrote a while back to something my friend wrote called "Fight to the Life."  Read her post to find out the ratio of fight to victory in the Christian life. One particular thing she mentions is how much we keep the battle …

Masquerade Party at the Hospital

our wounds are seeping but we aren't weepingwe count ourselves among the few afflicted(keep your mask on to hide the ills beneath)but this party center is a hospital full--grief, sickness, trial, pain, aloneness--our afflictions single out our mindsbut the heart of this body breaks as oneour band-aid smiles as big as a handshakewe keep our …

Lamenting of Life in the Light

This semester I am taking a class on the theology of suffering, and a recent lecture focused on lament: what it is, its components, its use in Scripture, its use in the body of Christ, and its necessity. Lament is composed of both expressions of pain and of trust. It is our expression of emotion …

My Whole Heart, But Without Idols

What does it mean to worship God? What does surrender include? How can we be sure our time on earth counts for the kingdom? Lord, teach us to count the days, teach us to make the days count. Lead us into better ways, because somehow our souls forgot that life means so much, that worship …