A Work in Progress

Thoughts and essays on life and faith

  • Where is Your Glory?

    I live in Austin, which is Central Texas and the beginning of the Hill Country. The last few days have been filled with hurt, loss, and grief. Summer camp in Texas is a thing and while my daughter didn’t go to Camp Mystic, she did go to summer camp and then was a counselor at Read more

  • Deconstructing Faith

    de·con·struct /ˌdēkənˈstrək(t)/  reduce (something) to its constituent parts in order to reinterpret it. The deconstruction of faith has been somewhat popular among American evangelical Christians. What is it and is it good and right? I think it depends on what people mean by deconstructing their faith and what they hope it will produce. Deconstruction of faith is reevaluation of Read more

  • Good Friday

    I am overwhelmed today with so many emotions. It is Good Friday, the day Jesus went to the cross to die for us. I am grieved by my sin that required him to go to the cross and I am overcome with gratitude and love that he died for all, including me, to set us Read more

  • What is Faith?

    I believe it was her interpretation of Hebrews 11:1 – Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. But we never talked about Hebrews 11:1 or what it meant to believe that God would do what He says He would do. I didn’t even think to wonder what Read more