Mirror Dimly Blog

A.J. Swoboda's The Dusty Ones is about the reality of wandering. All humans wander through life, figuring out who they are and where they fit. Swoboda draws heavily on the biblical narrative as a whole, highlighting the wandering-like stories of Abraham, Moses, and the people of Israel. The people…

I don't know much about suffering. I've had a pretty easy life with most needs provided by parents who've remained married. I've never experienced long bouts of physical pain that kept me in a hospital bed eating hospital food, or spent months or years grieving the…

12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And…

In salvation, we are made into new people who reflect God's image for the common good of the world. Salvation is much more than my personal moment of conversion; it goes beyond me to impact the world. That's why Paul speaks of the creation waiting with eager…

In my last post, I suggested that a Christian should be able to answer the questions, what is God saying to me and how do I know that he's saying it? Unfortunately, some Christians feel they need to discern God's will about what they eat for dinner.