howtobehuman

The freedom of belonging

There’s a common argument in the Protestant church that I recently heard again from the pulpit.…
Job’s daughters

Here is a riddle. Once, in the ancient days, there was a man who was known…
“Jochebed’s song”

“Noah’s end – drunk, dishevelled, an embarrassment to his children – eloquently tells us that if…
The image of God

So exactly how do women bear the image of God? I don’t mean abstractly. What do…
One beginning, two accounts

They say you can find the whole story of salvation, Messiah, redemption in the first word…
On love.

In the last post I wrote about how each man and woman needs the reality of…
Take, Eat.

I wrote my last post, “Broken Body”, a while ago. It was at a time when…
“Broken body”

This time, you cannot answerenough. This hurting hunger for healing will never besatisfied. Not in a…
Response to “A Thousand Splendid Suns”

A woman in Afghanistanlaced bread with rat poisonbroke breadfed her ten childrenand herself it wasresistanceagainst the…
Feasting in the dark

Hello everyone. I hesitated to post anything close to Christmas because the next poem I have…