I was talking to someone online who told me she’s an agnostic because she doesn’t want to put limits on God.
From where I’m looking, putting limits on God is precisely what she’s doing.
Now let’s see if I can explain it in a way that people who aren’t inside my head can understand what I mean… Continue reading
So yesterday I came across this old post and smiled to myself because some of the things I mentioned there have in the meantime, to my humungous surprise, actually changed… I thank you, God, for loving me as I am … Continue reading
Last night I went to see Fiddler on the Roof, and what I’d like to try and tell you here is how it felt for me. For me, because I’m Jewish and this is the story of my people. I … Continue reading
Monday will be my 10th blogversary, so I decided it was time to do a mass import of stuff from my old blog – I’d started out my blogging life in 2007 on Multiply, a nearly unheard-of site that ended … Continue reading
So yesterday I got kind of ranty in a face to face situation for a change. It wasn’t pretty. And I cried afterwards, because I was letting God down and it kills me when I do that. Because I love … Continue reading
I’m fine, she’d say when asked I’m fine, she’d tell herself I’m fine – because this pain and mess and everything is normal, right? This is how life is. Everybody knows that. We just have to cope, to find ways … Continue reading
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One of my favourite songs is one that I feel really tells my life story, and it makes me cry – good tears, tears of gratitude and of overwhelming joy because wow, God did this for me! He was so … Continue reading
So you know how yesterday I talked about the high standards God sets for us, and how Jesus said you can’t assume you’re ok just because you didn’t murder anyone, you’re guilty even if you just get angry with someone … Continue reading
Can you love someone and wish them harm? Can you love someone and rejoice when they suffer? I got into a conversation online today about schadenfreude. I said my problem with this is to do with “love your neighbour”, and … Continue reading
Ten years ago today something happened that was going to change my life in ways I couldn’t have imagined – and it all started with an email from a friend, inviting me to join something called a blogging and social … Continue reading
