archive for 04.2006

writing is tough

posted by adam on 04.27.2006

Writing is more work than you would think.
Take this post, for example. I’m writing it because I’ve only posted once this week and I really need to be posting more often than that. This blog serves a double function for me. It is, first and foremost, a place for me to speak frankly about faith. […]

writing | 1 comment »

the waiting

posted by adam on 04.25.2006

“Waiting to understand the heart’s desire, one is waiting to become heart-free and heart-whole. One is waiting to be purified of desperation and despair. The waiting itself is already the beginning…”
—From The Reasons of the Heart by John S Dunne

And yet, the waiting seems to me the hardest part.Here I sit, wanting God to move, […]

suffering, transformation | no comments »

my prayer too

posted by adam on 04.22.2006

“O Lord, who else or what else can I desire but you? You are my Lord, Lord of my heart, mind and soul. You know me through and through. In and through you all that is finds its origin and goal. You embrace all that exists and care for it with divine love and compassion. […]

prayer, dependence, quote | no comments »

complex faith

posted by adam on 04.19.2006

God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.

—Psalm 46:1-3

I hate too-simple statements of faith. God is good and trustworthy, yes, and we can go […]

relationship, suffering, faith | no comments »

don’t lose hope

posted by adam on 04.18.2006

Don’t lose hope, my friend told me.
But I don’t even know what to hope for anymore!
That’s the hardest time to hope, he replied, when you don’t know what to hope for. But that’s also when you’re forced to place greater faith in God because you have to hope in him instead of a preferred outcome. […]

suffering, dependence, hope | no comments »

thoughts on suffering

posted by adam on 04.11.2006

Lately I’ve been thinking about suffering, wondering what role it plays in faith. Suffering is such a subjective word. I have said, more than once in the last six months, that I was suffering because some things were happening that I did not care for. People were hateful toward me, saying things about me that […]

suffering, dependence | 3 comments »

consecration

posted by adam on 04.05.2006

I attended a church this past weekend that a friend of mine regularly attends. My friend has experienced a profound change in his life since hooking up with this church, so I am convinced that there are good things happening there. However, I am also confused by the content of the sermon we heard.
The minister, […]

relationship, devotion | no comments »