http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/ And I feel sure that my wounds will heal. And I will bloom here in my room. With a little bit of water and a little bit of sunlight... and little bit of tender mercy. Tender mercy. en-us Nucleus CMS v3.22 ? Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://joy.walkfaithsline.com//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/ http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=301
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From Big Bear

]]> General http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=300 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:55:53 -0700 http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=299 It bothers me when people start trying to blame the movement away from the church by college kids on the "liberal, secular agenda". Some people who went to college thirty years ago seem to think that the big problem these days is that the curriculum being taught on campus is inherently anti-Christian. Our good, Christian, Sunday School kids are leaving mom and dad, going to UC Berkeley, and are coming back as God-hating gorillas (or worse, they're no longer strict seven day creationists). Obviously there is a direct attack on everything holy coming from America's centers of higher education!

Well, I blame us. I don't think that the reality is that professors all across the country (or the world) are conspiring to bring down Christianity by wooing college students away from their faith, I think the reality is that we (and by we, I mean people of faith who are attempting to pass faith on to another generation, by which I mean the church) give young people such a ridiculous sort of faith that they cannot honestly believe it when they begin to open their minds to the larger truths of life. If you read these great, rich, beautiful works of literature, philosophy, history, etc. and all you have to compare it to is "Jesus loves me this I know" (complete with hand motions), you are bound to have a faith crisis. I think that for most people my age (who actually think about things), it is completely inevitable.

And we aren't well prepared for it. My church had us read a book called "How To Stay Christian In College" in Sunday School when we were seniors. One of the most unhelpful books I've ever read three pages and threw down in disgust. It basically gave a ridiculous caricature of some of the best philosophies the world has ever produced and suggested simplistic arguments we should use to combat them. The book only made me doubt my faith more. Why? Because I figured that if people have to misrepresent and distort other faiths and philosophies in order to make them less appealing and Christianity more appealing , we have a major, major problem. And we do. But I don't think we have to.

Just give kids the truth. Let the world be huge, rich, beautiful, and scary as hell. Let it be too complicated for any one easy answer. Because it is.

That's all, really.
]]> Faith http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=299 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:43:18 -0700 http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=298

From Big Bear

So far we've only had a few minor disasters, like the fire alarm going off twice (the first night and second nights we were here... all by ourselves with no information whatsoever) and the clutch burning out of our car while Lamar was in San Bernardino for school (fifty minutes and a seven thousand foot climb away). Ho hum.]]> General http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=298 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:58:03 -0700 http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=297 like a crack in a wall
starting small and grow in time
we all seem to need the help
of someone else to mend that shelf
of too many books
read me your favourite line
papa went to other lands
and found someone who understands
the ticking and the western man's need to cry
he came back the other day you know
some things in life may change
and some things they stay the same

like time
there's always time
on my mind
so pass me by
i'll be fine
just give me time

older gents sit on the fence
with their cap in hand
lookin' grand
they watch their city change
children scream or so it seems
louder than before
out of doors and into stores with bigger names
mama tried to wash their faces
but these kids they lost their graces
when daddy lost at the races too many times
she broke down the other day you know
some things in life may change
but some things they stay the same

like time
there's always time
on my mind
so pass me by
i'll be fine
just give me time]]> Being Joy Kerr http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=297 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:28:58 -0700 http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=296
]]> Marriage http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=296 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:36:22 -0700 http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=294 On The Road, and, of course, I can't put it down. I'm also knitting a sock, since I finished the other pair of socks and the scarf. I think the official unfinished project count remains at a modest three (this sock, large blanket, baby sweater), which isn't so bad at all. This tea is half matcha and half green leaf; entirely bought at Cost Plus World Market. I boil water in a little electric tea kettle my friend Brent gave us for the wedding and wonder what it means to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.]]> General http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=294 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:31:38 -0700 http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=293 any fingers to point
any stones to throw
any judgments to make
all I want is
a quiet, safe place
to curl up and remember how
beautiful we both are
when we smile]]> small poems http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=293 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:05:23 -0700 http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=292 General http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=292 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:40:07 -0700 http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=291
In general, I'm scared out of my mind. ]]> General http://joy.walkfaithsline.com/index.php?itemid=291 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:14:10 -0700