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What to Do When a Door Closes

ByThe Glorious Table May 18, 2022May 16, 2022

You know when something feels like a chore instead of a joy? Something is off. Either you’re burned out or you’re not in your sweet spot. Maybe both. Vocations and relationships can both oscillate between exuberance and burnout, all in one tidy little pendulum. That vague feeling that something is blasé is a mild version…

Doubt | Faith & Trust | God's Love

The Furnace of Doubt

ByThe Glorious Table February 11, 2022February 7, 2022

“It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt.” ~Fyodor Dostoyevski When our oldest was little, she had epic rage/distress attacks. Years later, we would learn Tourette’s syndrome was the cause. At the time, I only knew that when she felt most…

Doubt | Freedom | Going Deeper with God | Worry

Calming Your Anxious Heart

ByThe Glorious Table January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil. 4:6-7 NIV) It’s the beginning of a new day, and my to-do list already has…

Finding Your Way Home

ByThe Glorious Table March 10, 2020March 8, 2020

“There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there. The other is to walk round the whole world till we come back to the same place,” ~G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy Many people spend some portion of their adult lives trying to get back home spiritually. We sense we’ve lost our…

Deconstruction | Doubt | Faith & Trust | Faith versus Religion | Growth

Bless the Wrestlers

ByThe Glorious Table January 31, 2020January 30, 2020

That night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man…

Doubt | Faith & Trust | Perseverance

How Are You Showing Up?

ByThe Glorious Table January 8, 2020January 8, 2020

The decorations have been packed away, the Christmas carols turned off. All the Advent chocolates have been eaten, and we’re regretting all the second helpings of pie and cookies. The weather reflects my mood as I ponder the questions that weigh heavy on my heart: So what? Who cares? What now? As the holiday season…