Being a Christian in the US today is rough.

 Don’t get me wrong. It’s not as rough as it is in Muslim countries. I can declare my faith openly here without fear of being killed, tortured, losing property or being imprisoned. Being a Christian doesn’t mean that I’ll lose my job. Before you throw stones at me or crucify me, hear me out. InContinue reading “Being a Christian in the US today is rough.”

My heart and flesh cry out

I’ve been going through a very odd time lately…kind of a Jonah meets Job meets David kinda time.   I’m reading  Infidel right now.  I just arrived at the point where the author has concluded that she’s an athiest.  Reading the account of her life, the torture of her childhood and early adulthood, I understand herContinue reading “My heart and flesh cry out”

Expand my tentposts

Every morning, I get an email with a scripture.  Today it was 1 Chronicles 4:9-10. I remember when the book The Prayer of Jabez was first released.  It was revolutionary in its simplicity.  Based on a scripture that so many people, including myself, skipped over because it’s ensconced in genealogy.  Boring.   1 Chronicles 4:9-10, courtesyContinue reading “Expand my tentposts”

Spirit longing

I’m sitting here in my pj’s on a Sunday morning just like any other Sunday morning. But there’s something different.  I don’t want to be relaxing today.  I want to be doing.  I want to be a part of something much larger than I.   I am really upset that I can’t find a churchContinue reading “Spirit longing”

Hey “Christians”

I’m breaking my silence.  Shocking, I know.  Today my heart was broken.  Once again. I don’t understand church folks.  I just don’t.  Is it that church folk don’t understand that they are broken?  Do they think that because they are part of the “in” crowd that they are immune to pain? I’m a follower ofContinue reading “Hey “Christians””