Forsaken Friday, Easter, and why I’m still a Christian
I became a Christian because early in life I was given the language: sin, debt, fear, hell, wrath—grace, love, repentance, atonement, heaven…these were the econ...
Tag: God’s absence
Otherwise known as Lent
For a string of years, near the beginning of March, Deb and I would pack up and go to Whidbey Island. It was a way to shake off winter’s habits—habits of ...
In a darkened farm shed
The thing that pulls me toward atheism is the very thing that keeps me fully within faith. The daily experience of God’s absence, that utter silence, fans...