Not As It Should Be
“When I pass from this life to the next, I do not want to come back to this place. No, I will not come back to my home, this forsaken village, I will wander as a ghost in the forest. This place is cursed.” The village elder shook his head and glared through misty eyes […]
My Cup Runneth Over
It was there in the Garden of Eden, in the circling of the wilderness, and in the sufferings of Job. It was evident on the tongues of the Pharisees, in the trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin, in the piercing shouts of the crowd, and at the foot of the cross of Christ. It followed […]
A Note to Self on Cynicism
If you had asked me 3 years ago if I struggled with cynicism, I would have said no. Not at all. But that was then, and this is now. And the truth is, I’ve found myself having cynical thoughts very often over the past year and a half. I can’t share on the internet all […]
This Week’s Theme: Cynical
The American Heritage Dictionary defines the word cynical as “Negative or pessimistic, as from world-weariness.” World-weariness. That feels fitting, doesn’t it? We don’t desire to become negative or pessimistic, but as we run this race, we see the depths of humanity. The despair of a broken world. The way human beings hurt each other. And […]