Because I missed my post last week, I decided to make it up by posting twice this week. When people know you’re a Christian every move you make, for better or worse, gets put under the microscope. Whether it’s what you do or don’t do, eat or don’t eat, everything somehow gets called into question.Continue reading “On My Birthday”
Monthly Archives: October 2014
My Lack of Faith
“Why haven’t you invited me to church?” she asked, looking me straight in the eyes. I wasn’t sure what caught me more off guard: the fact she’d been so straightforward in her inquiry or the fact that this was actually the second time in a month someone asked me this exact question. Searching my headContinue reading “My Lack of Faith”
Why We (I) Can’t Have Nice Things
Ten minutes away from my apartment sits a lovely two-bedroom, two bathroom townhouse on the canal waiting for renters. In it is a guest room so spacious it could pass as the master, enough storage space to make your friends jealous, and a master bedroom so gargantuan you’ll fall over at the sight of itContinue reading “Why We (I) Can’t Have Nice Things”
The Religious Skeptic
“Hi Tomy. There are some missionaries here on island and I invited them to speak to the students this week. I hope that’s okay,” one of the faculty advisors for our high school group said to me. Because the Caribbean has taught me a lot about flexibility, I didn’t consider it an issue. Instead IContinue reading “The Religious Skeptic”
Spiritual Weaknesses: Recognizing the Limitations Within our Gifts
I’m fascinated by personality. In fact, sometimes I think I went to school for the wrong thing because often when people are telling me about their lives, I’m silently psychoanalyzing them. This interest only intensified when I began the journey of discovering my spiritual gifts. But if there’s one thing I’ve found these past coupleContinue reading “Spiritual Weaknesses: Recognizing the Limitations Within our Gifts”
Tomy Wilkerson 