Tag Archives: mercy

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

Diverging Paths

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Douglas Abbott

I got a text from an old friend yesterday that put the last 20 years of my life in a whole different light. I had an insanely demanding day yesterday and wasn’t able to read Richard’s text until this morning

Posted in Grace, Love, Suffering | Tagged choices, confinement, corrections, crime, deliverance, diverging, fork, fortune, God, grace, incarceration, institutions, jail, justice, juvenile, life, locked up, mercy, path, prison, punishment, redemption, road, salvation | 4 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

Fairbanks or Bust

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Douglas Abbott

How elusive wisdom is to the young! So it must be in general, and it was unquestionably accurate in my case (not to mention my roommate, Richard’s) in the year 1990. We were both in our early 20s and had … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Frailty, Grace | Tagged adventure, Alaska, daring, Fairbanks, grace, merciful, mercy, reckless, road trip, unprepared, wild | 1 Comment

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