Kathryn Kong

faith, trauma, & grace

  • The Life I Have Let Live for Love of You

    More blessed in you than I know, I possess nothing worthy to give you, nothing not belittled by my saying that I possess it… I give you what is unbounded… I give you the life I have let live for the love of you… I give you my love. Wendell Berry, “The Country of Marriage” […]

    kathrynkong

    29 December 13
    kathrynkong, nonfiction
    awakening, awareness, extravagance, seeing, the living
  • In Returning & Rest, Quietness & Confidence

    “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” Isaiah 30:15 …everything faded, thinned to nothing, beside the light which bathed and warmed, the Presence your being had opened to. Where it shone, there life was, and abundantly; it touched your dullest task, and the task was easy. […]

    kathrynkong

    27 December 13
    kathrynkong, nonfiction
    grief, prayer, restoration, secret place, solitude
  • All Around the Earth Cries: Grace Grace Grace

    When rain falls soft but constant, when my heart has been in shreds for days, when words don’t fit the magnitude of all that is in my head, what can I do but step into the garden barefoot? The damp soft earth bends beneath my feet, carries my weight and the weight of all I […]

    kathrynkong

    15 November 13
    kathrynkong, nonfiction
    awareness, beautiful world, extravagance, grace, praise, pressing in, seeing
  • Memory

    The reality of this day. The reality of the days that came before. I have been in love before. Such love. With people and winding streets and trees and living. To get back to that place. To hunger for the names and stories of people all around. To live an explorer, curious, inquisitive. To spend […]

    kathrynkong

    12 November 13
    kathrynkong, nonfiction
    growing up, Memory
  • The Secret of Our Days

    There are no fanfares these days, no shattering revelations. No mountain-top encounters followed by a plunge into the valley and a rocky climb back to the summit. These days there are no fanfares, only focused, steadfast footsteps towards the One my heart loves. He is here, He is everywhere, He is hidden in each moment. […]

    kathrynkong

    01 November 13
    kathrynkong, nonfiction
    awakening, awareness, extravagance, golden days, grace, steadfastness
  • The Real

    Call this country what you may: the City of Wait, the Island of Hopes Deferred, God’s Silence, Barren Tree, Whittling Point. This land is rugged, ravaged, bleak, and spare; its inhabitants spend their days in continual twilight; their moments are occupied with any distraction to ward off each coming night. So. You have left the […]

    kathrynkong

    28 October 13
    kathrynkong, nonfiction
    awakening, encounter, grace, the pursuit of God, the real, wilderness
  • Beauty-Stalker

    I have become a stalker of beauty, for moments of extravagance. My life has recently intensified in terms of busyness; my schedule tightened and became rigid. My remedy: leave my desk, take long winding walks, steal time for conversation. It’s counter-intuitive and seems frivolous, but these stolen moments of beauty, these soul-feeding moments, bring me […]

    kathrynkong

    27 September 13
    kathrynkong, nonfiction
    beautiful world, extravagance, grace, praise, the living
  • Leavings

    In the rearview mirror, I catch a glimpse of you, lone figure, silhouette, watching me drive on down the hill. I catch a glimpse of you, watching me, waving. You leaver, left behind. You pioneer, left to observe as I journey into a new land. You leaver, you stay, you grant me freedom to come […]

    kathrynkong

    17 September 13
    kathrynkong, nonfiction
    encounter, leavings, liminality
  • Journal 2.14.11

    So often, after the illumination, this pulling back, this fear of following through on the promise. Revelation means responsibility; grace means response; promise means faith; vision means action. What will you do to take ownership of the gift that has been given to you?

    kathrynkong

    06 August 13
    kathrynkong, nonfiction
    gifts, grace, moving forward, pressing in, revelation
  • Awakening

    What is important is the moment of opening a life and feeling it touch—with an electric hiss and cry—this speckled mineral sphere, our present world. – Annie Dillard It could be almost nothing—morning haze hovering on a hillside, a shimmer on the palm of my hand, the cool of evening coming in the window, words on […]

    kathrynkong

    21 July 13
    kathrynkong, nonfiction
    all things new, awakening, awareness, extravagance, the living
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