Month: October 2016

On Calling

I have a hard time with the idea of God calling anyone to do anything. Sometimes, when people say that God called them to do something, I feel a desire (you could say I’m called) to push back on it. To point out that it’s okay to admit that you wanted to do something, on …

After TFA

I am a profoundly future-oriented person. I obsess over it, I plan incessantly. I’ve made it through the first eighth of my two year commitment, so it’s feels very urgent that I work out what comes next. For some time, I was seriously considering going to seminary after TFA. That, or continuing to teach and getting …

On Security and Idolatry

At church today, the liturgy was Exodus 32:1-14, about the Israelites and the golden calf. Here’s part of it: 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the Lord.” 6 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings …