Here is an excerpt of my travel journal. I went to Spain and Ireland back in 2000. I hope to go through my journal and publish it as an e-book. The following is the account of my first day in Ireland. I was not the greatest writer back then and...
There has always been a disconnect between what people believe and what they do. There has always been a disconnect between theory and practice. There has always been a disconnect between what I read that profoundly hits me in the face yet doesn’t actualize into my life. I think in...
Sometimes I want to hide. I don’t want to see or hear any people. There is also this sense of wanting to retreat far into myself. I don’t just want to go somewhere on vacation alone, or go for a walk, but I want to hide within myself from the...
In response to a post of mine on facebook regarding psychology’s inadequacy to address the larger questions of human nature, the following first two paragraphs are a response from Brent Dean Robbins (psychologist and professor at Point Park University in Pittsburgh). The paragraphs after that are some other responses by...
not sure what to write about this morning. early on a Saturday. the family is leaving a little later for a birthday party and i’ll get some time to myself. i need that, but also feel guilty that Kristi doesn’t also get some time to her self. listening to soft...
If Christ brought a new creation with his death and resurrection, that new creation should be identifiable in nature: both physical nature and within the nature of man. We should be able to break down human nature and existence on earth and find the truth of Christ. I find much...
Her empty loneliness, like gears rubbing without oil. The pain, the tears, the constant masturbation, All leave her with a self that is no self. Walking down the street she feels a shell, A shell that can be seen and felt, but not known. The grit of concrete under her feet feels closest to the soul...
I wish I could put my finger on the deep feeling I experience when I think of love and truth. I have been thinking of Christianity a lot again lately, but not in the traditional sense with which I grew up. In a more dirty, death oriented version; a version...