This Broken Mess of a Life

I want to talk about “The Crazy Year”. “The Crazy Year” is the year immediately following the birth of a child or the ending of your partnership/marriage/relationship that was supposed to be life-long.  It’s the year that everyone goes crazy.

I recently reached out to a somewhat famous blogger/podcaster/personality because I heard some comments from him about his view on giving to the homeless. It really struck a chord with me. His views are pretty common. So I'm posting my letter here as well. Enjoy.

I've mentioned before, my husband and I got on the Dave Ramsey train last year. And, from a factual, budgetary view, it's worked out really well. As many of his callers state and as a great deal of the testimony in his books claim, it has indeed felt like we've gotten a raise. But, OMG Dave Ramsey. I can't with that man anymore. I just can't. He's just a terrible person. Just awful.

"Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel" Proverbs 12:10 As a Christian today, I almost always feel that I'm "interpreting" the Bible differently than the masses. But there are certain things that I think are less about "interpretation" and more about willful ignorance.  I admit....it's ignorance that I've deliberately chosen, myself, for a while. I could list a million verses about our call as Christians to be good stewards of the earth.  But you can go find them....they are there. Google will help you. At the end of the day, something I've been struggling with lately is this: Can we, as Christians, look ourselves in the eye and say that God calls us to torture animals in order that we can eat?