In my profession, you must prove you can research to prove you are apt to teach. What I mean by this is that many colleges that hire graduate students who complete their doctoral programs look for candidates who have demonstrated their research capabilities in the form of journal publications. Until recently, I was dismayed by Read More
Tag: Faith
Making Sense of Rhetorical Choices in Scripture and Leaving the Rest
Someone who read my blog in response to Jonah recently asked me if I believed that he really lived in the fish for three days. Questions like these seem to trouble as many seasoned believers as they do people new to the faith who are trying to reconcile the supernatural. “Did Job really happen as Read More
“Let Go and Let God:” Trusting the Power of Surrender
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7, NIV Read More
What Have I Learned?
That the very thing that I cared for the most had to come to a phase of death. My image. How others perceive me; what others think of me. Trying to fit in and be liked. Being consumed with wanting to be loved and accepted by all! That very thing has to die. My name Read More
A Summer of Answered Prayers
“Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be done for him. Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours” (Mark 11:23-24, New American Bible) Read More