image bearers
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Living Room Gods
we argue in our living rooms which lives are worth defendinglives of people we never met as if we’re godswe discuss genocide promised by one peopleand the mass murder committed by another peoplejudging which sin is worseas if we’re gods.we weigh the horrors some people experienceagainst the horrors another people experiencehorrors we’ve never experiencedO Lord, Continue reading
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somehow, this is good
Ten years ago my counselor looked at me gently and said, “Jen, anxiety is probably something you will wrestle with on and off for the rest of your life.” Ten years ago I sat in my car on my way to work and realized that for me at that time swallowing anxiety medication was an Continue reading
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Living Among
“Should we be sad or angry when someone is killed?” my four year old asked me this morning. I scooped another piece of shredded wheat onto my spoon. “Probably both,” I replied as I tried to gauge where the question had come from. I swallowed my cereal and then added, “Do you remember when Jesus Continue reading
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In Which I Don’t Get Political
I don’t (or, rather, extremely rarely) talk or write about political things. If we’re being honest, politics never really gets to the root issues. That said, I think we work with what we got, and hold hope for what we’re not. I do occasionally write on things that people view as political. I don’t believe Continue reading
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Tangled Christmas Lights – Part 2
[Part 1 can be found here, and the TLDR could be that, untangling teachings around human depravity and humans being image bearers is even more daunting than untangling Christmas tree lights. I suggested that they can be untangled by rooting our identity in God’s work not ours. So rather than our core identity being sinners Continue reading
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Tangled Christmas Lights – Part 1
“The good news of the Bible is not that we are not worms, but that God helps worms who trust him.” ~ John Piper It’s a thought to chew on for sure. I feel like the teachings around humans being depraved and humans being made in God’s image are like tangled balls of yarn or Continue reading
The Worth Of Knowing 