Tag: fear

• You Know That Fear Thing

  Having a religious upbringing didn’t give me the tools to reconcile faith and fear. Faith and fear were considered mutually exclusive.  In fact, I can recall sermons where I was told that lack of faith was sinful. I can even find the relevant scripture. So all in all, to doubt or to be afraid was […]

  Andrew Whalan

  May 5, 2015

  Opinions-Editorial, Religion

  belief, blind faith, doubt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Faith, fear, James P. Carse, Love, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, The Religious Case Against Belief, Unbelief

• When The Fear Came

  I’m woken this time by light not sound. It’s about 1 or 2 in the morning. I’ve left the bedside lamp on. I’ve forgotten to turn it off again and the glare has woken me up.  I opt to try to go back to sleep. I reach across to turn it off. Except I can’t. […]

  Andrew Whalan

  March 7, 2015

  Personal

  Family, fear, fire