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Our Blissfully Jaded Hearts

Our Blissfully Jaded Hearts

The heat floods your senses like disease takes the body. Slowly, inch by inch. Eventually you are overcome by a total sense of continual warmth..

  • To what shall I compare this generation?

    In our society we compare prices, job applicants, economies, athletes, markets... we\'re experts at comparing ourselves to others.

  • What happens when the Western world runs out of money?

    $60,000,000,000,000.00!! Can you believe that the world is in debt 60 trillion dollars? It is such an absurd amount of money and all you have to do is check out this world debt clock and see that every minute 4.5 million dollars of interest is added to the amount owed by the nations.

  • Open Letter to Gary Sinise

    My grandpa recently took a trip to New Orleans to be present at an opening of a WWII memorial and it wouldn\'t have been possible without the help of actor Gary Sinise.

  • Do you feel like God has "lost you?"

    There is a tendency, when you get to a certain stage of your Christian walk, to assume that hearing from God is the easiest thing in the world.

  • Jesus is a biscuit

    It\'s been a busy few months. So busy that today, I must confess, Jesus is a car park.

  • What is identity?

    The concept of identity is frequently explored academically—for the last few years HSC English has had a topic on \'belonging\'.

  • If your man watched 'Magic Melissa DD', what would you say?

    Over the past two weeks, my newsfeed has been riddled with image after image of shirtless men posing as strippers in the recent film Magic Mike XXL.

  • Completely missing it

    Last week I was suddenly confronted by a story I had not previously considered—a scenario I\'d never tried to picture. I woke up to the reality of ministry in my location.

  • Are you a 'been there, done that' Christian?

    I love a good computer game—especially a new one. As a kid I remember fighting my way to be first to play any new game we got.

  • Technology builds bridges between churches

    \"We have an enemy, but it\'s not the person sitting beside you. Your enemy is not in this room.\"

  • Disabled and unable

    Six months ago a water heater exploded in my face, breaking six bones in my face and leaving me blind in one eye. I spent the first week hardly able to use my good eye because it hurt the exploded eye too much.