At times I wonder if all my effort toward spiritual growth is narcissism. Sometimes I focus so intently on my own spiritual improvement, the object of all of my affections becomes me. And instead growing closer to God and others, the path continual personal introspection leads to a life of isolation, inward [...]
Our temptation is to convince ourselves that we are great, gifted and all-around good folks. But the more we see of God the less we can affirm our own greatness. If we have any confidence, it is in Christ who is in us.
He has substituted himself in my place, met me in my sin [...]
“I don’t know how you guys do it,” he said as the Applachian mountains reflected the golden sunset in our rearview. Three days before he found his father dead in the woods — the victim of a suicidal gunshot wound to the chest. We drove three hours to give him a ride to the funeral [...]
God is electricity coursing through filament and we are the glass. The way God appears to those around us depends largely the clarity, shape and the color of the glass.
I don’t know why God does it — why He has chosen to shine the light of his being through flawed, [...]
My husband and I attended a couples ministry retreat this weekend. The event is loosely scheduled with wonderful music and good food. It is a rare treat to sit with my husband during worship.
The speaker reminded us all that the reason we struggle to be joyful in our lives is [...]
Longtime Christians have a tendancy to say words and repeat phrases without considering the depth of their meaning. We sing hymns, read scripture, perform liturgy, and say prayers. The words are like a warm pot of soup on a cold day. They provide comfort, guidence, rest, and peace. But sometimes, the comfort they provide is [...]
Who am I?
Hi, I'm Eyvonne. I'm idealist who masquerades as a realist. I write about the tension between the ideal world Jesus described and the reality we see around us — with some parenting, work, and relationships mixed in.
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