Being forgiven = Freedom Forgiving = Freedom Pick a day this week to deliberately forgive anything and everything that bugs you. Traffic? “I forgive you idiots for being in my way. I forgive the morons who designed the road system while under the influence of socialist drug addicts during their brutalist period. I forgive my brakes for screetching.” (FYI – Name calling is tolerated, but … Continue reading Practice Forgiveness Day!
It’s hard to enjoy your life if you are not really there for it. “I am.” -God “Be Present” is one of those great spiritual truths like Love, Peace an Compassion. I’m sure books have been written on why this is so, but so far the teaching of it has been lax at best. And no matter how much people on TV swear by it, … Continue reading Pay your body a visit!
I am not God (just in case you were confused – lol), but based on what I know about God and how he works – which admittedly may be all wrong – I have certain hypothesis about what God would want us to be saying about a variety of topics. And although it may seem blasphemous to those who think that we already know all … Continue reading What I think God would say about abortion
Today, I want to share a bit more about a short story from my book The Upside Down World – A Book of Wisdom in Progress. In the story, I imagine a conversation between the resurrected Jesus and one of his disciples when the question, “what was it like being dead?” gets asked. From the story: As he stared into the fire in front of … Continue reading What to do when you wake up in hell
I, Rebecca Trotter, hereby declare that the time has come for a new form of Christian fundamentalism. It is my belief that this new fundamentalism is needed in order to preserve what is most sacred and true to Christianity against assaults from without and within the Christian church. Although there is freedom in Christ which allows for a variety of ideas and understandings to be … Continue reading A New Fundamentalism
I posted this in response to a comment on my post “Does the Body Have Faith to Share?” in which I expressed despair. I want to use it as its own post because we Christians are not good at dealing with people who have reach the point of despairing. In fact, I have heard it said that the one thing that Christians are not allowed … Continue reading Christians and despair
Want to drive yourself crazy? Do what I do: have a set of kids, wait 5 or 6 years and have another set. Try to figure out if you screwed up the first set so you can better parent the second set. It’s a terrible pastime, really; going back and revisiting every parenting decision you made along the way to try to judge the outcomes. … Continue reading Mom’s Going Crazy Recipe
Here’s a question for you parents: your kid does something boneheaded. It wasn’t necessarily intentional, but it was entirely preventable. You discuss with him what went wrong and what needs to be done about it. At the end of the conversation the kid asks, “are you angry with me?” What’s your answer? Is there a place in parenting for holding anger over our kid’s head? … Continue reading Question for Parents: “Are you angry?”
I would quit I have tried to quit But it seems that I don’t know how There is no window to submit your paperwork to Or voicemail to leave a message on late at night. You cannot march into God’s office To announce your departure face-to-face He will not reply, “I hate to see you go.” No matter how hard I try to quit The … Continue reading The Quitter
It’s not pretty, but here is where I am: I have waited on God for years and he has not answered me. He has not provided for me or defended me. I followed Him always and He took me to places that have turned my life into a nightmare. So I counted it as a blessing and kept walking according to His way, hopeful that … Continue reading Does the Body Have Faith to Share?
The Upside Down World 