Archive for the ‘Jesus’ Category
Saltwater hope
Posted by: dana on: April 18, 2010
- In: art | faith | Jesus | Religion
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I found this poem among a stack of papers I was sorting. For some reason, it never made my portfolio, and I had long forgotten it existed. It’s the story of how I came to believe in God. It probably makes little sense to everyone else. But I still like the imagery. Maybe someday I’ll [...]
A plea
Posted by: dana on: September 9, 2009
- In: faith | Jesus | Prayer | Religion
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Oh God, I am so overwhelmed. Please help me with the things that weigh on my heart. And wallet. And Spirit. Help guide me in the face of another cold Ohio winter. Protect me from the seasonal depression that already is paralyzing me with an anxiety I cannot describe. If you have work for me [...]
Allowed to play Christmas music
Posted by: dana on: December 3, 2007
- In: Jesus | Pop culture | Religion
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On my daily drive to work today, I heard a local DJ gushing about what a great country we live in because we are allowed to play Christmas music. “Christmas, you know … Christ,” he said. He then went on to play a string of Christmas tunes, kicking it off with some holiday diddy by [...]
Mohammed the bear
Posted by: dana on: November 28, 2007
- In: Jesus | News | Religion | World religions
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Just wanted to take a moment to say how thankful I am to a) live in country where religion does not control the government (religious individuals, certainly) and government does not control religion (knock on wood). Especially after reading this story on CNN.com. A class named a teddy bear Mohammed, and now a teacher faces [...]
Environmental care: cleaning up our disobedience
Posted by: dana on: October 15, 2007
- In: faith | free will | Jesus | News | Politics | Religion | Sanctity of human life
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Today is Blog Action Day. OK, I’ll bite. As are most of the topics I’ve written about thus far, Global Warming is a divisive one among Christians. We get muddled in the fallacy of correlating “right wing” with “God-fearing and obedient” and “left-wing” with “atheist and immoral.” So when the lefties attach themselves to a cause, [...]
The gay rights dilemma
Posted by: dana on: September 28, 2007
- In: faith | gay rights | Jesus | Religion
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Ah one of the most divisive issues in the church today: the gay rights movement. I don’t dare open the debate about what God thinks about homosexuality. I’m not interested in comments that include Bible passages condemning gays or interpretations that negate those condemnations. My question is, does it matter? Should what the Bible says [...]
