For Josiah On Your 13th Birthday
Josiah’s Eyes What do I see when I see your eyes? I see the pool where you lost your life Enshrouded in a shimmering veil Dead to the horror in your mother’s wail I hear my voice calling to the …
Josiah’s Eyes What do I see when I see your eyes? I see the pool where you lost your life Enshrouded in a shimmering veil Dead to the horror in your mother’s wail I hear my voice calling to the …
Today I sifted through some nostalgic papers and photos my mom kept when she was still alive on this earth. I came across this ode to the Creator, written by my uncle Dave, who also wrote the hit song “Wildflower.” This is one of those rare poems that deserves to be relished; ever so slowly, …
By Guest Contributor Sharon Toews
What does it mean to experience “the renewal of your mind.” Typically I have thought of this in terms of purification or beginning to desire the things of God instead of the things of this world. I believe these are both common and valid interpretations, but I feel like I understood a fresh aspect of this verse today.
Our minds naturally function according to the rationality of this world and tangible reality. But we are exhorted: “Do not be conformed to this world,” or, as noted in my Bible as another possible translation, “to this age.” We are called not to be conformed to this world, this age, this blip of finiteness suspended amidst an unfathomable eternity beyond the confines of time and space and our feeble understanding of “reality.”
When we accept Christ, we are set free from previous worldly notions of what is possible, realistic, and logical. Indeed our whole being is being renewed and reoriented, and yet there is
12-18-06 I could have forged my doubt into art; fire and coal and burning and… hammering. And I could have waved for help like an intellect compelled to sell for spirit -coping wanderer, flame of fire- forging fortitude; a long stayed winter of steam rising for clean… air. And it was still. and Abraham’s stars …
Here’s my imperative: If you would dare to live that epic narrative that is your life, Than your task is to grasp with every last gasp of breath in your lungs for that one rung that’s hung just above what’s comfortable and comforting. Confront the thing that’s keeping you thinking you can sit on your …