Love and Loathing
Love. I talk about it a lot in this blog. That is because it is so central to Christianity, in Jesus-brand spirituality as my former pastor and friend used to call it. According to my counselor, my ability to love is one of my biggest strengths. But do I really know how to love? Far from it. Certain people in my life through certain actions have sent me into a burst of anger that comes out when I talk about them. If I really knew how to love, I would love my "enemies." I would forgive and forget. Because in love, there are no enemies. So why do I rage like this? You could say it is because I am a fallen man living in a fallen world. But that is using the garden of Eden as an excuse. No, there is a much simpler explanation that does not scapegoat good old Adam. Let me explain. I've heard it said that the past and the present in our emotional lives are like the ...