Tag: God
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On Disfigurement and Grace
I stepped off the light rail into the damp afternoon air. I craned my neck, looking for a friend, when a man who had been in the same train car from downtown Portland approached me. We hadn’t spoken on the ride. In fact, I had been listening to my “Lent” playlist on my iPod, lost […]
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Delicious Ambiguity
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. (Psalm 130:5,6) Waiting. Each morning I arise and wonder, is this the day all loose ends will finally fall […]