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With Gifts Like These, Who Needs Enemies?7 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 2 weeks ago: I will soon write a post about the opposite of gentle and quiet (vexing and contentious, if you must … more →

Tags: Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, Life, Love, Pain, Religion, Repentance

The Journey to My Holiday4 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 1 month ago: Now I am about to take a detour to discuss the positive things that appear to be happening on my jou … more →

Tags: Christianity, Cross, Doubt, female, Jesus, Larry Crabb, Life, Religion, spiritual direction

More Dusky Hour Reflections...4 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 5 months ago: In my last post (My Dusky Hour of the Soul), I discussed some passages from Tim Farrington’s A … more →

Tags: Christ, Christianity, Dark Night of the Soul, Jesus, Life, Sanctification, Stress, suffering

My Dusky Hour of the Soul16 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 5 months ago:  My husband recently listened to St. John of the Cross’ Dark Night of the Soul on his iPod. After he … more →

Tags: Christ, Christianity, Cross, Dark Night of the Soul, Jesus, Life, Pain, Repentance, Stress

How Bad Can it Get?? Apparently Worse...7 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 9 months ago: Ok, I notice my stats are down, so it’s time for another post. Here’s the background to … more →

Tags: Christianity, Life, Religion, Stress, suffering, Work, Economy

Advice on Advice9 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 10 months ago: The other night I shared my pain with a group of friends.  It wasn’t the night I hit the wall, … more →

Tags: Advice, Christianity, Depression, God, Hurt, Life, Pain, Sanctification, Stress

Suffering Alongside of Me4 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 10 months ago: I hit the wall last week. I had a meltdown. Stresses and unresolved (maybe never resolved?) issues a … more →

Tags: Christ, Christianity, Grace, Hurt, Life, Sanctification, Stress, suffering, Cross

The Contradiction of Christmas4 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 11 months ago: Isn’t it amazing that so many people celebrate the birth of Jesus, yet reject Jesus himself? How wei … more →

Tags: Bible, Christ, Christianity, Christmas, Faith, God, Jesus, Life, Theology

There's Adultery Among Us5 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 11 months ago: Our small group had a discussion about idolatry a while back. We are studying a great book about Rev … more →

Tags: Bible, Bible Study, Christianity, Faith, God, Jesus, Life, Religion, Sin

The Root of All Evil17 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 11 months ago: The root of all evil.  They say it’s money (don’t they?).  Or if you talk about what … more →

Tags: Christ, Christianity, Evil, God, Life, Personal, Religion, Sanctification, Sin

A Poem That Really Moves Me3 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 1 year ago: Holy Sonnets XIV  (by John Donne, pictured below)   BATTER my heart, three person’d God; for, … more →

Tags: Bible, Christianity, Faith, God, Jesus, Life, Love, Prayer, Religion

Doubting Less, but Not Doubtless3 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 1 year ago: I am very grateful for the comments many of you left after my post: ”Doubting at Last.” … more →

Tags: Bible, Blog Stats, Christianity, church, Doubt, Faith, God, Jesus, Life

Doubting at Last10 comments

Holiday Longing wrote 1 year ago: I had a couple of really bad weeks a couple of weeks ago. So bad I spent an entire day laying around … more →

Tags: Bible, Christianity, Doubt, Faith, God, Jesus, Sanctification, spirituality


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