Make it real.

If people cannot be honest about how they feel or what they are going through in our churches today, then why should we expect them to come to church?  Life is messy.  Let's quit acting like people aren't hurting in very real ways.  Don't want to know the answer to how someone is feeling?  Don't ask.  And please, show them that you care some other day than Sunday.  They may appreciate it.

Sinners and Saints

Six months and five days after my father's death, I have had a day where I have not felt like the world is closing in on me.  The past six months have been a crisis of faith for me.  I have been so close to just letting go of what I believe to be true.  So much centers around watching crises unfold around me...watching Christian people behave badly.  Why is it that we run from the world....from those who are supposed to behave badly because it's their nature...yet we cannot seem to do right ourselves?

Seeing Red

I know I live in a "basketball state."  But lately, basketball just isn't doing it for me.  Don't get me wrong.  I LOVE my team.  And I like basketball ALOT.  However, I'm overwhelmed with a desire to watch boys in pads make pancakes out of each other. 

Last night, I went to U of L's open football practice.  Here's proof.

 We may be picked to finish 7th in the Big East.  As far as I'm concerned, that just gives us something to fight for...to be better than what is expected.  GO CARDS!

Saying what you mean and meaning what you say

I think that sometimes people don't say things, or maybe aren't honest about their feelings, because they don't want to hurt someone.  I'm usually on the opposite side of that fence because I say things, often without thinking, and then it either comes out wrong or it's just too blunt.  And that hurts too.  I guess I struggle with thinking about what I say and how it will affect someone.  But what if the things that are left unsaid hurt just as much as what is said?