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being good

posted by adam on 07.25.2007

If you’re one of the few who could be considered a regular reader of my blog, you may have wondered what’s been going on here lately. I’ve been considerably less verbose than usual. Well, I’ve been thinking.
One of my favorite books is The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch. It is the story of two brothers […]

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the road has no end

posted by adam on 01.17.2007

Consider the scope of it, what it might mean, what it surely must mean if it’s true. My mind can hardly fathom that. I half expect it to be like one of those short dreams I sometimes have just as I’m falling asleep. My whole body is overcome with the sensation of weightlessness and, all […]

random, Jesus, hope | no comments »

having to

posted by adam on 01.14.2007

Whenever I read the work of a great writer, someone like Anne Lamott, whom I am currently reading, I end up feeling simultaneously inspired to write and afraid. Inspired because words can become poetry, their meaning cascading off the page and into some place deeper than my mind, right into my soul, and the essence […]

writing, books, hope | 3 comments »

today

posted by adam on 10.04.2006

Today is the one year anniversary of a very difficult decision I made. A decision that changed my life. It’s also my birthday.
So today I’m thinking about destiny and purpose and God’s will. I’m thinking about was was, what could have been, what is and what will be. Today I’m hopeful for the future and […]

hope | 6 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 »