As I sit to reflect on the events of this past year, I can’t help but consider where I was a year ago. I have the song “What a Difference A Day Makes” (crooned by the great Dinah Washington) echoing through the halls of my mind. Of course my substituted lyric would be “What a Difference a YEAR Makes”; days have accumulated into months, and months into a year, and collectively, they have made a difference. However, there were times during this past year where Read the rest of this entry
I was raised in a Christian family. The phrase “the love of God” is something that I have heard my whole life. As a child, I seemed able to grasp this concept easily, without hesitation. Of course there is a God, this world and all of us couldn’t have come from nothing! And of course this God would love me – he MADE me! The idea of coming from someone bigger than me, just made sense and the fact that He would love what he himself made seemed obvious. However, as I grew up and encountered the realities and harshness of our world, this love started to feel distant, and to be brutally honest, like a bit of a fairytale. Read the rest of this entry
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