Experimental Living

As I sit silently in the warm glow from my rose-hued lamp, my mind wanders back to last summer, and I think of how carefree I was as compared to the state that my heart is in now. Heavier things weigh me down, and the future is looming closer. Each day brings me closer to [...]

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether [...]

These last few weeks have been difficult ones for me, but only until yesterday did I realize why they had been challenging and depression-inducing.
The reason, in its simplicity, was so astounding that it took a while to sink in. But really, when you think about it, it is almost always the reason we struggle [...]

Have you ever come home after a long day, crashed in your room, and felt like the most unfortunate human being on the face of the earth?
Well, I certainly have.
It’s rather embarrassing to admit, but I am easily distracted by any problems or negative issues surrounding me, and even more easily influenced by the emotions [...]

For the past year, I’ve been writing a novel. The only reason it’s taken me so long, and that I still have yet to finish, is because I took a few months off from the writing process. Now that I’m finally back at work, I’ve been finding that this book is taking up quite a [...]

All my life, I’ve struggled to be as original as possible. It’s always been some sort of subconscious compulsion: if someone else is doing it, then it’s old and uncreative and something new needs to be done. Even when I was in grade school, I’d refuse to emulate people and drag my heels against the [...]

…God has blessed me abundantly.  I can’t fathom why he would choose someone as insignificant as me to generously bestow with a loving family, amazing friends, and a life where I have never known hunger, sickness, or tragedy.  But most of all, He has given me the ultimate gift: salvation through Jesus Christ.  All of [...]

There are so many things I desire and want to grasp hold of, yet I can’t, as these things are improbable and impossible, or perhaps just untimely. And so, I just have to wait.
Waiting has always been difficult for me. Maybe it’s an American thing: we all want everything, right now, without having [...]

I don’t believe in the authenticity and reliability of horoscopes. Nevertheless, starting about a year ago I began to pick up the habit of reading them.
It happened gradually, over time: I started out by merely glancing at the cut-and-pasted local horoscope while I waited in line for my drink at Starbucks. I found [...]