thoughts from someone dealing with doubt
Posted in Doubt on Sep 9th, 2009
Tim in the comments quoted an excellent passage from Andrew Peabody. It was so good that I wanted to highlight it here as a separate post. There are two kinds of scepticism,—that of the heart and that of the intellect. The former is adapted to make unbelievers; the latter, to make Christians. The fomer will [...]
Posted in Doubt on Aug 31st, 2009
My mom was going through some of my grandma’s stuff the other day (she passed away last year), and passed along things that she had kept of her grandkids. It is always a good feeling to see the care she took in collecting keep-sakes of her grandkids. From newspaper clippings of sporting events, to photos. [...]
This past weekend my family had a nice camping weekend planned for Fri-Mon, however things did not go as planned. After driving for about 2 hours and being 5 minutes from the camp ground, my wife looks at the reservation and realized that she reserved the wrong weekend. This is an extreme rarity as my [...]
Posted in Doubt on May 27th, 2009
My posting here is going to be sporadic and maybe a lot less frequent. The last couple of weeks I was convicted (with help from my wife), that I had become obsessed with my searching. This resulted in spending less time with my wife and kids, helping less around the house, and causing additional stress. [...]
Last year, Easter was pretty depressing. For those who aren’t struggling with doubt/unbelief it might be hard to understand. But take a walk in a doubter’s shoes. The faith one once took for granted is gone. The faith that made sense of the world is gone. The faith that gave hope to a better future [...]
I added a new plugin that displays a random quote on the bottom right of the page. So finally there will actually be something smart and worth reading here . If you have a favorite quote relating to doubt, faith, skepticism, etc. please send it in or put it in the comment section and I’ll [...]
Posted in Doubt on Mar 24th, 2009
I think it’s fitting to phrase it this way. Instead of saying “I lost my faith”, in reality my faith lost me. I don’t care to get in an argument regarding free will and predestination. Most Christians, I believe, would agree that God has an active role in their faith; that they couldn’t have faith [...]
Posted in Doubt on Mar 19th, 2009
As you may have heard, there was a recent survey that looked at American’s religious identity. This survey showed an increase in unbelievers. The percentage of Americans claiming no religion, which jumped from 8.2 in 1990 to 14.2 in 2001, has now increased to 15 percent. Given the estimated growth of the American adult population [...]
I wonder if I learn more from my kids then they learn from me. As I was contemplating an anger issue we’re having with one of our kids, I started wonder how similar I maybe acting. When one of my kids gets into a tantrum it is almost impossible to communicate with them, they shut [...]
In reading Dangerous Journey, The Story of Pilgrim’s Progress, to my kids, I was taken aback by the how close to home one of the chapters hit. The chapter is about two pilgrims, Christian and Hopeful, who find themselves unjustly imprisoned in the dungeon of Doubting Castle. There they lay without food or water. They [...]