Tag Archives: Jesus

Be not conformed to this world…on picture day

Posted on September 24, 2012 by seeingfaith

Tomorrow is picture day at my kids’ elementary school, and this year is a big one: my daughter is in fifth grade. While the children in the other grades usually sport a range of attire (with my kids typically at … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting | Tagged Captain Underpants, conformity, Faith, Jesus, parenting, picture day | 1 Comment

Love the Bully, Hate the Bullying

Posted on June 18, 2012 by seeingfaith

I recently saw the documentary film ‘Bully‘, which tells the stories of several teens who have been victimized by bullying and, in two of the cases, driven to suicide. The film focused almost exclusively on the perspective of the victims … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting | Tagged Bully, bullying, Christ, Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr., Non-Violence, Religion | Comments Off

Can you teach Christian ethics without Christ?

Posted on October 16, 2011 by seeingfaith

It’s already started. My daughter, who is only one month into 4th grade, has already encountered the kind of ‘mean girl’ dynamics that I so painfully associate with the Middle School experience. A few nights ago we had a long talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting | Tagged Bible, Christianity, Ethics, Faith, Jesus, Morality, parenting, Religion | 3 Comments

Excuse me, is that a log in your eye?

Posted on August 29, 2011 by seeingfaith

And slay them wherever you may come upon them, and drive them away from wherever they drove you away… (Qur’an 2: 191) One of the most common arguments I’ve encountered regarding why Islam is an inherently violent religion is that the Qur’an … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrating Religious Diversity, Islam, The Bible | Tagged Bible, Christianity, Islam, Islamophobia, Jesus, Koran, Muslim, Qur'an, Sumbul Ali-Karamali, Tolerance, Violence | 1 Comment

Revelation at the gym

Posted on August 4, 2011 by seeingfaith

About a year ago, I realized that I was no longer lifting my twin sons frequently enough to keep in shape. So I decided to join the local gym. Since then I’ve become something of a weight-lifting junkie. I find something deeply satisfying about … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Morality | Tagged Book of Revelation, compassion, Inequality, Injustice, Jesus, Morality | 2 Comments

The Big Neon Arrow

Posted on July 31, 2011 by seeingfaith

Over the past few days I’ve… Watched the new Broadway hit show “The Book of Mormon“, and Finished reading John Shelby Spong’s Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism Both of which deliver a similar message, albeit in radically different ways. That message is: … Continue reading →

Posted in The Bible | Tagged Bible, Christianity, Faith, Fundamentalism, Jesus, John Shelby Spong, Literalism, The Book of Mormon | 3 Comments

Leave your fuzzy bathrobe and follow me

Posted on July 1, 2011 by seeingfaith

Last weekend our family went back-country camping. Not the I-got-a-case-of-beer-in-the-cooler-and-a two-room-tent camping. No, this is the pack-everything-you-really-need-and-put-it-on-your-back-and-hike-several-miles-in-the-mud camping. This was our second time doing such a trip – and we love it. We bring our hound dog Phoebe (who sleeps … Continue reading →

Posted in The Bible | Tagged Camping, Christianity, Identity, Jesus, Spirituality | 2 Comments

Civil Discourse or Righteous Rage?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by seeingfaith

I’m going to do something a little different in this post. Those of you who’ve been reading my blog for awhile may have noticed that I usually have a pretty strong opinion on whatever issue I have chosen to discuss. However, … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Morality | Tagged Bible, Ethics, Faith, God, Jesus, Karen Armstrong, Morality, Tolerance | 6 Comments