• Faith Reflections

    Forgiveness

    The other day I was walking with God and processing my hurt over a friendship that has greatly faded under the intense rays of distance and neglect. It was some healthy, gut-level vulnerability as I expressed my frustration and disappointment and confessed my need to surrender – yet again – my emotions and unmet expectations at His feet.  As I walked the mulched trails, I went back and forth between surrendering my feelings and wallowing in them a little longer.  I muttered some indictment about actions speaking louder than words, blah, blah, blah. After one pretty decent wallowing when I…

  • My Life

    Okay

    One of my favorite movies is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind starring Jim Carey and Kate Winslet. In the movie, Joel, the uptight, Eeyore guy falls for Clementine, the bohemian, Jenny Gump type girl. They have an amazing relationship until Clementine gets bored and tired and changes her mind. Fortunately for her and to the anguish of Joel, Clementine is able to have Joel erased from her memory. The movie focuses on Joel’s attempt to erase Clementine from his memory but erasing her from his heart proves to be more difficult than he thought. Eternal is a tremendous movie…