thoughts on life and faith
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens - Ecclesiastes 3:1 This has been a difficult season for many. It will take years before we can truly calculate the toll this year has had on many. Yet, anecdotally we all have stories of mental health challenges, job loss, illness, and … Continue reading Lessons From the Valley
2020? Am I right? This has been a strange year to put it mildly. We all hold our breath waiting for the next wild event to unravel like a bad horror movie. So while we wait for the next headline, let me step back from the edge of Apocalypse and unleash some thanks into the … Continue reading Strange Things I’m Thankful For
"Matt Simon, sounds like you need to find Jesus again. . ." - Facebook "friend" A few weeks ago, I published a post that was critical of Church. While it was an accident - I meant to publish a more edited version - I do not regret that it found life. After an hour, I … Continue reading The Vulnerability of Truth
"Write hard and clear about what hurts." - Ernest Hemingway This quote has meant a lot to me recently. I have been strangely quiet in my writing, as I deal with what we are all dealing with in various ways. This time has been challenging, perhaps the most challenging year within our time, yet it … Continue reading Writing, Hemingway, and the Hidden Hurt
6 Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did - 1 John 2:6 I have had this comical vision of Jesus in my mind the past few days. In it, I imagine our Jesus inside a voting booth - one of the old ones with the two levers, because … Continue reading Would Jesus Vote?
I have found it to be encouraging for me to jot down some things that I have discovered (or rediscovered) during this time of quarantine. The days have been strange (understatement) but have also been a time of reflection for me. I have mixed introspection with my usual feeling of neuroticism, so that has been … Continue reading Irreverent Pandemic Joys (Vol.3)
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it - John 1:5 NLT My two year old has a bear night light. While we aim to get him asleep while the summer sun is still battling the night sky, the moon often wins before we do. Any parent will tell … Continue reading A Bear Lamp and a Greater Mystery
We are living in strange times. This of course, is an understatement. I have recently taken some time away from writing to attempt and find my bearings. It is difficult for writers to stop writing as it is a sort of phantom limb to our soul. We have much to express, but also need to … Continue reading Strange Times and the Christian Response
It has been a bewildering 6 months since the first known American has been diagnosed with a virus we are now learning to live with. With this comes a daily roller coaster of emotions. From crying in a locked bathroom, to the elated joy a Amazon delivery brings, every day (what day is it?) brings with … Continue reading Irreverent Pandemic Joys (Vol.2)
It has been a bewildering 6 months since the first known American has been diagnosed with a virus we are now learning to live with. With this comes a daily roller coaster of emotions. From crying in a locked bathroom, to the elated joy a Amazon delivery brings, every day (what day is it?) brings … Continue reading Irreverent Pandemic Joys
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