This past weekend I had the opportunity to spend some time with friends I’ve known literally my whole life. I don’t have to explain how good it is to get together with friends in general, but I wanted to take a moment to talk about how precious friendships are anyway—particularly those which have lasted the […]
Why Pray?
I’ve often had a sort of see-saw prayer life, where prayer shifts from an ongoing offering of thoughts, praise and pleas from me to God throughout the day to other times when I pray or exchange thoughts with God less often than I’d like to admit. But at church yesterday our pastor renewed my appreciation […]
Creativity and God
When my husband and I were in Brugge, Belgium several years ago, someone happened to mention we ought to see a statue of the Madonna with the infant Jesus at the Church of our Lady, one of very few sculptures by Michelangelo found outside of Italy. There are a lot of statues all over Europe, […]
Life’s Purpose
I’ve just returned from a week away on vacation, and soon school will start again—which means back to work for me, having taken off most of the summer, away from my daily writing. I spent most of my summer weeks with family, friends, vacations and some fun reading. I couldn’t stay away from writing altogether, […]
Happiness and Faith
I’ve heard of polls claiming that people of faith are generally happier than atheists, which of course as a Christian I find easy to believe. Scientific American reported that believers are happier (depending on culture) and a separate CNN report compared Twitter comments between atheist and believers and found more positive or happier comments among […]
A Brief Note on Buddhism
Buddhism has come up in my life from two different directions recently, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to give my impressions on how Buddhism and Christianity are different—specifically because one source I faced wanted to blend the two worldviews as if they’re simpatico. While Buddhism, like Christianity, stresses a virtuous life, Buddhism […]
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