Faith Seeking Understanding

Faith Seeking Understanding

Jon Carl Lewis

Writing about (spiritual) writing again

On the Journey 001

Apr 29, 2021

Writing about (spiritual) writing again

Apr 29, 2021

Jon Carl Lewis

Faith seeking understanding #075: A return, a recommittal, a new resolve

Folks who follow me may be surprised to see that I’m writing reflections again under the title of “Faith seeking understanding.” Although…

May 9, 2019

Faith seeking understanding #075: A return, a recommittal, a new resolve

May 9, 2019

Jon Carl Lewis

Faith seeking understanding #074: Give me success… but not yet!

“Nothing succeeds like success.”

May 8, 2019

Faith seeking understanding #074: Give me success… but not yet!

May 8, 2019

Jon Carl Lewis

Faith seeking understanding: #073: Will my life even matter?

A reflection on life and legacy spurred by the deaths of Rachael Held Evans and Dietrich Bonhoeffer

May 5, 2019

Faith seeking understanding: #073: Will my life even matter?

May 5, 2019

Jon Carl Lewis

Faith seeking understanding #072: Goodbye to “Faith seeking understanding”?

During my time away from writing regularly, one of the factors that tempted me to stay away is the very title of this series: “Faith…

Feb 28, 2019

Faith seeking understanding #072: Goodbye to “Faith seeking understanding”?

Feb 28, 2019

Jon Carl Lewis

Faith seeking understanding #071: What I learned from skipping a day of writing… or two… or three…

Breaking my writing streak and skipping a day of writing taught me a lot. That missed day turned into a week of erratic writing, much of…

Feb 27, 2019

Faith seeking understanding #071: What I learned from skipping a day of writing… or two… or three…

Feb 27, 2019

Jon Carl Lewis

Faith seeking understanding #070: On the necessity of obscurity for fame

I am rereading Elaine Dundy’s chapter about me from the memoir that she is writing. I am reminded what a good comic writer she is; she…

Feb 21, 2019

Faith seeking understanding #070: On the necessity of obscurity for fame

Feb 21, 2019

Jon Carl Lewis

Faith seeking understanding #069: My spiritual ego

Inspired by Jonas Ellison’s essay; “A rant on Lutheran theology and contemplation.”

Feb 15, 2019

Faith seeking understanding #069: My spiritual ego

Feb 15, 2019

Jon Carl Lewis

Faith seeking understanding #068: Momentum supercedes my will

Momentum takes over even when the will flags

Feb 15, 2019

Faith seeking understanding #068: Momentum supercedes my will

Feb 15, 2019

Jon Carl Lewis

Faith seeking understanding #067: The hard work means it’s real

I worked hard today. At my job. As a novelist. I spent hours printing out my novel’s manuscript and forcing myself to sit and read as many…

Feb 12, 2019

Faith seeking understanding #067: The hard work means it’s real

Feb 12, 2019

Faith Seeking Understanding

my personal journey towards a deeper knowledge of and intimacy with God, the cosmos, humanity and myself through thoughts, words and (occasionally) images

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Jon Carl Lewis

A Queer, Black, Christian contemplative compulsively creating stories as a way of understanding the cosmos, God, & myself. bio.site/joncarllewis

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