Every generation has a defining moment. Everybody has days that will foever be ingrained in their memory. While there are have been a number of those moments and days in my own life, there are few that I remember with such emotional clarity as April 20, 1999.
It was on this day 10 years ago that [...]
Archive for the ‘Reflections’ Category
Remembering Columbine: 10 Years Later
Posted in Faith, News, Reflections, tagged 10th anniversary, Cassie Bernall, CNN, Colorado, Columbine High School, Columbine shooting, Defining moments, healing, high school, hope, Littleton, martyrdom, News, Rachel Scott, school shootings on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wait and See
Posted in Faith, Lent, Reflections, tagged Acts, Brandon Heath, culture, instant gratification, instructions, Jesus, Lent, New Testament, Wait and See, waiting on April 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We live in a culture that is obsessed with instant gratification. We are conditioned to want the world, and to want it now. We tap our foot with impatience as we wait in line at the fast food drive through, despite the fact that we don’t even have to get out of our car to [...]
Awareness and Humility
Posted in Faith, Lent, Life, Reflections, tagged awareness, Christ, Cleveland Clinic, compassion, humility, Lent, ministry, prayer on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
God has been challenging me this Lenten season in big ways. I journaled about this on March 2nd, but figured that it’s definitely blog-worthy:
I noticed a lady in the waiting room at the Cleveland Clinic today who seemed to be upset about something. I couldn’t tell for sure, but as I occasionally heard what sounded [...]
Some Excerpts
Posted in Faith, Lent, Life, Reflections, tagged anger, authenticity, breaking, brokenness, connection, failure, fear, freedom, frustration, healing, insecurity, journal, Lent, liturgical, loneliness, relationships, Satan, temptation on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been journaling a lot through this Lenten journey. What I have lacked in “blogging” I have certainly accounted for in pages upon pages of internal reflection during this time. I think it’s been healthy. Here’s a glimpse at where I’ve been so far:
Tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, marks the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent [...]
[Re] Connect
Posted in Faith, Lent, Reflections, tagged authenticity, connection, facebook, Faith, family, Friends, god, isolation, Lent, loneliness, relationships, [Re] on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This Lenten season has already given me plenty of opportunities to [Re](insert verb here). It’s amazing what can happen when you begin to break the habits and cycles that have come to define your lifestyle, and whatever those habits may be (watching too much TV, investing too much money in expensive coffee beverages, over-indulging in [...]
On Passion and High School Basketball
Posted in Faith, Lent, Life, Reflections, youth ministry, tagged basketball, Faith, following Christ, involvement, passion, questions, reflection, relationship, worship dance, youth ministry on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I love watching people who I care about do the things that they are passionate about. And more than watching, I love involving myself.
Perhaps that explains my recent fascination with high school basketball. It’s strange. When I was in high school, I never attended a single basketball game, and I had no desire to do [...]
Ash Wednesday Reflections
Posted in Faith, Lent, Life, Reflections, tagged Ash Wednesday, discipline, facebook, Faith, heart, instant messenger, internet, Joel, Lent, sacrifice, Twitter, worship on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This year marks the first in quite a number that I have not been able to attend an Ash Wednesday service (mainly because all of the churches I would attend for a service only have one at 7pm which falls right in the middle of my night class). While I miss the symbolic act of [...]
Kind of a Mess
Posted in Faith, Life, Reflections, tagged academics, blogatical, Carlos Whittaker, distractions, doubts, Faith, identity, Life, messy, prayer, priorities, questions, seminary on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I feel like my life has really become quite the mess lately. I’m disorganized, behind on work, grieving, unmotivated, and running on “fumes” spiritually. I have really had trouble focusing in classes this quarter. I constantly feel like I’m a half-step behind everyone. I honestly need some time to pursue my identity in Christ and [...]
The Change
Posted in Faith, Reflections, music, tagged Aaron Wardle, angst, Christian music, Christianity, Faith, family vacation, following Christ, passionate, Pentwater, steadfast, Steven Curtis Chapman, teenagers, the change, wwjd on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I was on my way to class tonight, Steven Curtis Chapman’s song The Change came on the radio. It’s funny, because every time I hear that song, I realize more and more how cliche of a song it is. But, no matter how cliche it is, it never fails to bring back memories of [...]
The Hope of Spring
Posted in Faith, Reflections, tagged eternity, hope, spring on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes in the bleak mid-winter it’s easy to forget that spring is coming. Whether the ground hog says six more weeks of winter or six more weeks until spring, it’s still six weeks. It’s really easy to sink into a mid-winter depression – especially here in Cleveland, a city known for it’s epidemic of seasonal [...]
