I had an incredibly uncomfortable encounter today. I won't go into great detail, but I will dive into the moments that followed thereafter. I was left in complete disarray. Quite flustered or frazzled, really, I am unsure of what adjective to assign to this moment. I knew that I quickly wanted to gather every ruffled… Continue reading Morning Weeds
Author: Breanna Lane
From the land of everywhere, but currently residing in Indiana. Musings on the topics most often avoided at the dinner table: politics and religion. Trying to remain a mystic amid it all.
Life Lately
Life has been good. Though the busyness of it all seems overwhelming, between working and school, life has been really good. In the past couple of months, I have grown in my friendships with some amazing people. I have fallen more in love with the church that I attend. I have hiked the Denver mountains.… Continue reading Life Lately
God & Fancy Paper
It happened yesterday. I was standing in the kitchen at work, merely toasting my bagel and waiting for the Keurig to finish brewing my coffee. So mid-brew and toast, I had a something incredibly remarkable happen. Some call it a revelation, others refer to it as a lighting bolt of wisdom. Whatever it was, wherever… Continue reading God & Fancy Paper
Perhaps
the little elephant that had made itself at home on my heart has been making its trek back to wherever it came from i imagine the dusty, dark jungles of heartache and deathperhaps that's where your words lie, too those words that sent out invitations it's funny how those invitations always led to an empty… Continue reading Perhaps
Seeds
"This concept of being heartbroken so that we can heal is a mystery. In it, God is showing us the contradiction of life—that in order to live, you must give up your life, that in order for a seed to grow it must first die." - Jeff Goins Here's to seeds dying.
Shine on
Because sometimes you are the lost girl behind the black gate. Stepping on shards of glass, unable to form the right words. So, why? Why must you fool yourself? You are worth gold. Mountains of gold and fine wines and all words that describe a pretty day. Let this worth sink deep and settle beneath… Continue reading Shine on
The Afterlife
The Afterlife
Stolen from my friend Hunter.
Perhaps we dread death less from fear than from boredom, thinking the life to come will be an endless postlude to where the action really happens. This is betrayed in how we speak about the "afterlife": it happens after we've lived our lives. The kingdom, then, is like a high-school reunion in which middle-aged people stand around and remember the "good old days." But Jesus doesn't promise an "afterlife." He promises us life—and that everlasting. Your eternity is no more about looking back to this span of time than your life now is about reflecting on kindergarten. The moment you burst through the mud above your grave, you will begin an exciting new mission—one you couldn't comprehend if someone told you. And those things that seem so important now—whether you're attractive or wealthy or famous or cancer-free—will be utterly irrelevant.
Russell D. Moore is dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He posted an article concerning the "afterlife" that is discussed among Christianity.
Speak Life or Shut Up
I'm pretty sure I won't hold back anything in this post, because I'm pretty sure I'm waist-deep in frustration. I am finding that I'm balancing on a very thin tightrope of emotions, so please bear with me as I continue to trek in-and-through my thoughts. Ever since hearing about the most recent school shooting in… Continue reading Speak Life or Shut Up
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