I lived as a monster, my only
hope is to die like a child.
In the otherwise vacant
and seemingly ceilingless

vastness of a snowlit Boston

church, a voice
said: I
can do that --

if you ask me, I will do it
for you.

What is a retreat?? (It's not what you think.)

Read and find out. I'll post in installments, otherwise, it gets kinda boring.

**If you would like to try taking a retreat, contact me and I can help you design a retreat and give you suggestions on where to go. Save up about $70 - 110 per night. I wrote this paper for class, but I had you in mind.

This is where I'm going in April! . . . by the beach, yeah!
http://www.spiritmin.org/

Retreat is a period… Continue

You're in a conversation with someone and s/he brings up that they don't believe in the existence of God. You, as a Christian, perk up right away. This is your territory, and here's an open invitation to talk about your faith.

You bring up the analogies, illustrations, and arguments from Sunday school or some books you read, things that hit you and stayed in your head.

But... his/her response can only be adequately described as "meh."

What's going on? Why are these ideas/truths/epiphanies tha… Continue