Gaining a heart of wisdom
At some point, Christians began using the word deconstruction to describe what might once have been called a crisis of faith or even, in some circles, backsliding. The dismantling of a person's understanding of God and what it means to believe is a complex process, and the deconstructing Christian may end up leaving the faith altogether. No… Continue reading To Deconstruct? Or to Reconstruct with Hope in a Big God?
Andrew loved my lemon pound cake muffins. He constructed fat sandwiches from the chopped vegetables and the sliced meat and cheese I had packed in a cooler for the twenty-mile journey by lobster boat to his grandparents' island cottage. "These are killer!" he declared, and as I thanked him, my hand rested on his shoulder… Continue reading Praying Parents and the Trauma of Addiction
