Category archives: Faith & Practice

Oct. 24, 2021 | Holly

A Response of Repentance: A Healthy Distrust of Our Heart That Inspires A Humble Distrust Of Our Innocence

In reaction to a tragic and willful blindness to abuse, we have unfortunately landed in a ditch on the opposite side of the cultural trivialization of injury. Trivialization because real wounding and real oppression is now being increasingly supplanted by the cries of those who claim victimization over even the most superficial scrapes of disagreement, disappointment and disadvantage. Regardless of how strongly we desire to see human dignity upheld, the trivialization of heart wounds in this fallen world will always be with us in one way or another. Read more

May 29, 2021 | Holly

A Perilous Pursuit: Laying Your Life On The Line For Love

Ambiguity. We recoil from its discomfort, and we retreat from its demand that we surrender to the limitations of humanity. We are by nature rebels who resist bowing the knee to our inability to decipher another's motivation, determine their mind, and dissect their heart. Read more

Jan. 9, 2021 | Holly

Bowing Low When Bedlam Runs High

When indecency plays out on the stage recklessly, it leaves the audience leaning into their own decency righteously. That's because a low moral bar always tempts those who clear it (no matter how scantly) to believe their own bar is high. When there's no absolute truth in which to sink our teeth, comparsion becomes the magnetic field of our moral compass. Read more