Tag Archives: love

Doomsday Gospel

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Douglas Abbott

“Westboro Baptist Church targets Taylor Swift,” the headline read. The article had a flavor of outrage, and rightly so. Fred Phelps, WBC’s leader and tireless purveyor of damnation, is at it again. This time, as chronicled by Pop Spy’s Jennifer O’Dell, … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity in Politics | Tagged condemnation, damnation, debauchery, decadence, evil, forgiveness, fornication, Fred Phelps, God, Gospel, grace, heathen, immorality, Jesus, kindness, love, lust, mercy, patience, politics, press, promiscuity, sexual immorality, sin, Westboro Baptist Church | 3 Comments

Trust

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Douglas Abbott

I just finished watching The Impossible, a new film in which a youngish couple played by Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts have brought their three boys to Indonesia and settled into a coastal bungalow just in time for the 2004 … Continue reading →

Posted in Acceptance, Trust | Tagged adversity, calamity, cataclysm, confidence, death, disaster, good, hardship, joy, life, loss, love, pain, peace, redemption, rescue, salvation, sorrow, sovereignty, triumph, trust, victory | 2 Comments

Land of the Morning Calm

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Douglas Abbott

Peter joined the U.S. Army in 1981. He had studied Taekwondo extensively for years, so when the time came to discuss his deployment, he asked to be stationed in Korea where the discipline of Taekwondo had been developed during the … Continue reading →

Posted in Friendship, Giving, Kindness | Tagged benevolence, cold, culture, exhausted, famished, friendship, giving, hardship, hostility, hungry, kindness, love, mercy, misconceptions, prejudice, racism, soldiers, tired, war, wet | 4 Comments

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Douglas Abbott

“For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” –Matthew 7:2 There is a phenomenon described in social psychology as the fundamental attribution error, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Friendship, Grace, Kindness, Love | Tagged distortion, endurance, friendship, grace, kindness, love, patience, peace, peacemakers, perception | 1 Comment

Lauryn

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Douglas Abbott

I met my niece Lauryn in the summer of 2004. I wasn’t expecting any more pleasant surprises at the time; I was enjoying quite a bounty already. I had resumed lucrative employment at the Captain Cook in April and was … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Love | Tagged affection, family, hugs, joy, kisses, love, nieces, trust, uncles | 2 Comments

Alms

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Douglas Abbott

“Who gives himself with his alms feeds three—himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.” –James Russell Lowell (1819-1891). I was walking … Continue reading →

Posted in Giving | Tagged alms, charity, compassion, giving, hungry, impoverished, love, mercy, needy, poor, suffering | 3 Comments

Adrian

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Douglas Abbott

“Do not forget to show kindness to strangers, for in this way, some have entertained angels unawares.” –Hebrews 13:2 She arrived around three in the morning. I saw her through the picture window as she was approaching

Posted in Kindness | Tagged blessing, compassion, concern, distress, gentleness, help, kindness, love, stranger | 4 Comments