Suffering
Lenten Winter
Lenten Winter Spring Yes, I know. We did get a few more inches of snow last night. But it’s a spring snow. It’s light and fluffy – not your typical slushy spring snow, I’ll admit – but it’s quiet as cotton to walk on. Gone is the winter crunch I love so much. I don’t…
Remember the Enemy
If you haven’t read The Hunger Games trilogy but plan to, you may wish to skip over this post. But if you’ve already read through book two, or don’t mind reading it after a spoiler, then come along. I think you’ll find this interesting. The Hunger Games is a young adult series set in the…
Cracking, Part II
Click to read Part I. It paints an interesting word picture to think of ourselves as shells of dust with the Spirit of God shining through the cracks. But what does this actually mean? What does this look like in the tangible? As I think about this image, I think about Paul, who suffered a…
Lest We Forget
Not too long ago I read Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns. It was perhaps the most horrible book I have ever read. I highly recommend it. If you think that is a contradiction, it is not. The book sat on my bookshelf for several months before I raised the gumption to open it. I…
Suffering
You may have noticed from my previous notes that I like analogies. I think a study of our world can be instructive, and analogies help me think about spiritual principles in a more concrete way. But as we close out the Lenten season, my thoughts go to those times for which no cute little analogy…
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Janet Beagle, PhD is the founder of The Mustard Patch. She divides her time between the Midwest and New England, and if she’s not writing, she’s probably out hiking with her 2-and 4-footed friends.