God views all suffering. He can see my suffering and the suffering of starving people and Jesus’ suffering and the suffering that hasn’t happened yet but surely will.
God sees the wrongs that cause suffering — hate and envy and rejection of that which is right.
God brings beauty out of suffering. Often there is [...]
My professor explained the racist implications of a particular Spanish term during a discussion on Mexican politics. Later on he spoke of another word with still more vulgar connotations. To emphasize how strong this particular word was he explained that it is never used on tv.
I find bad language to be [...]
I notice that I have a fair amount of trouble making decisions in public places.
Recently I was with a friend at the Department of Motor Vehicles. The DMV had made a clerical error that ultimately resulted in a license suspension. You can imagine the hassle clearing up such a problem entails.
Once we were [...]
I desire to write something that is profound but also a verbal work of art — in other words, something different from recent posts. I’m thinking I’ve gotten a little sloppy.
I like walking down a tree-lined, lamplit sidewalk at night. My shadow stretches out behind me, really long. Then, as I approach [...]
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