If you gag at that phrase “gentle and quiet” spirit, then we are on the same page. If a glance at a Bible study on gentle and quiet makes you want to run for the hills, so do I.
I think that most Christian women carry around a definition of the phrase “gentle and quiet” that does not necessarily reflect [...]
Archive for the ‘doubt’ Category
The True Christian Woman: A Gentle and Quiet Spirit
Posted in Christ, Christianity, Jesus, anger, anxiety, cross, doubt, gentle, life, quiet, women on November 7, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The Journey to My Holiday
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Larry Crabb, cross, doubt, female, life, religion, spiritual direction, spiritual journey, spritual formation, women on October 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Now I am about to take a detour to discuss the positive things that appear to be happening on my journey to find that Holiday at Sea.
Bet you can’t wait…
At the end of August, I attended a week-long seminar/school called NextStep. This course follows Larry Crabb’s School of Spiritual Direction (which teaches how to have spiritually forming conversations). The second course helps [...]
Coming Here to See Julie Andrews
Posted in Julie Andrews, doubt, faith, life, religion, search terms on October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was wondering why so many people were interested in reading the post I wrote when I first began my bout with doubt.
I started to worry: I don’t want folks reading about all the doubts without reading how I dealt with them. I didn’t want to discourage folks on the brink of doubt. I tried to redirect readers [...]
What I Learned from Doubt
Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, Suffering, depression, doubt, faith, life, prayer, religion, stress on August 30, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This, I promise, is my last blog on the subject of Doubt (at least in this series). In this final post, I’ll enumerate the lessons I learned during my season of doubt. Or something like that.
In addition, it’s the beginning of a new blogging season at my new site where I plan on upping my output from [...]
Doubting Thomas?
Posted in Bible, Bible Study, Christianity, God, Jesus, Thoughts, doubt, faith, life, religion, spirituality on August 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Some time back (before my hiatus), I wrote a number of posts on a season of doubt that assailed me:
Doubting at Last
Doubting Less, but Not Doubtless
Without a Doubt?
More About Doubt
Wondering about Doubt?
As I was pondering the subject (of doubt), I focused on the fellow who inherited the unfortunate moniker Doubting Thomas.
But, was he really any more of [...]
Wondering about Doubt?
Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, Theology, Thoughts, doubt, faith, life, personal, prayer on June 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Or, wondering if doubt has got me down (and out)?
Don’t worry (as if you were!).
My doubts have not driven me from God nor the blogosphere. I’ve just been slammed at work and will be for a while longer. So no bi-weekly posts lately.
It seems the doubting episode has faded (see last few posts about that [...]
Without a Doubt?
Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, Theology, doubt, faith, life, prayer, religion, spirituality, spritual formation on May 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Am I without a doubt? Not quite, yet. But, my doubts are not quite as strong as they were.
It is really odd for me to pray and not be entirely sure that there’s someone on the other end of the line. I have been encouraged to hear from many folks who struggle with doubt. It seems [...]
More About Doubt
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Marriage, Thoughts, doubt, faith, religion, sanctification, spirituality, spritual formation on May 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I sort of feel this responsibility to keep posting about this issue, especially for those who come to my blog and may start to question their own faith by what I have written elsewhere: Doubting Less, but Not Doubtless and Doubting at Last.
A few things have crossed my mind these past days. I’ll share them in a series [...]
Doubting Less, but Not Doubtless
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Church, God, Jesus, Thoughts, blog stats, doubt, faith, life, spritual formation on May 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am very grateful for the comments many of you left after my post: ”Doubting at Last.” Your stories were quite helpful.
I am serious when I say the online community I’ve met since I started blogging often counters by its maturity (not as in, “I am mature,” but as in “I have no idea if I am even [...]
Doubting at Last
Posted in Bible, Christianity, God, Jesus, doubt, faith, sanctification, spirituality, spritual formation on May 23, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I had a couple of really bad weeks a couple of weeks ago.
So bad I spent an entire day laying around reading Julie Andrews’ autobiography, Home (ok, I admit, she was my childhood idol).
I noticed something odd when I came out the other side of it. I had started to doubt, sort of. [When you finish [...]
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What I’m Writing
- With Gifts Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
- The True Christian Woman: A Gentle and Quiet Spirit
- The Dove and the Pigeon
- The Journey to My Holiday
- Storing Up Thanks
- Assailed by Doubts and Distance
- Back from Holiday
- Belated Request for Prayer
- Our Kitchen Saga
- More Dusky Hour Reflections…
- My Dusky Hour of the Soul
- God Loves You…
- Compelled by Love
- My 15-Month Ordeal Ended Today
- Ten Ideas Changing the World Right Now
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What You're Saying
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What You're Reading
- My 15-Month Ordeal Ended Today
- Belated Request for Prayer
- The True Christian Woman: A Gentle and Quiet Spirit
- About Me
- More Dusky Hour Reflections...
- With Gifts Like These, Who Needs Enemies?
- My Dusky Hour of the Soul
- Prayer, Please?
- Advice on Advice
- The Dove and the Pigeon
- What Kind of a Believer Am I?
- Our Kitchen Saga
What I Wrote a While Ago
