I bowled a 269 last night with my friend Jen and her roommate Christina. That’s a strike in every frame except for the first and the the sixth. It’s amazing to me how something so trivial could make me feel so good

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Never have I lived more righteously than I’m living right now, and never have I been more aware of my own sinfulness.
Both times in my life when I’ve tried to live honestly and do my very best have ended with me being completely shattered before God.
I don’t know how to live in God’s value, which […]

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I had the following exchange with God today:
Me: “Lord. I can’t do it.”
God: “I know. But I can.”

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Today I looked for Scripture to support one of the character traits I would like to define me—namely, Faithfulness. The biggest thing I noticed through the experience is that the Bible has a lot more to say about God’s faithfulness than mine. I find that encouraging.
The most interesting thing I came across today was in […]

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These thoughts came to me while reading Donald Miller’s book, and feed my growing resentment of him. I recognize them as problems, but cannot honestly say that I am willing to surrender them.
1) I think I am intellectually and morally superior to everyone on the planet.
This specific combination makes it easy to live without a great […]

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I had lunch with a friend recently and he expressed a feeling of spiritual suffering and confusion that I related to. I told him that my prayers lately have largely just been, “Save me, Lord. Save me. I’ve got a Problem I can’t comprehend, fix, fight against, or even stand under. All I know, Lord, […]

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Recently I was talking with a friend of mine about the unmarried people I see all around me. I’m noticing more and more people who seem unhappily (important) stuck in the stage of singleness that some think demands an explanation: attractive, socially active, emotionally stable, gainfully employed, and over 30 (or 22, depending on the […]

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You refer to Eugene Peterson’s Message translation of the Bible with anything other than derision and contempt.
You make politically ambivalent statements like, “I’m not sure who I’m going to vote for;” “I’m an independent;” “I vote for the person, not the party;” and “I think the Republicans and Democrats should set aside their differences and […]

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This picture was taken in February. I am the rightmost figure catching the kickball with my face.

This picture was taken Sunday, after a beautiful swan dive introduced my face to the bottom of the swimming pool.
In the first instance, a soft rubber ball filled with air hit my face. In the most recent, I accelerated […]

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I took this picture a few years ago in North Carolina. I don’t know why I’ve kept except that it expresses a certain pain that I can’t put into words.

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