This may sound odd coming from someone who writes and thinks about Christianity as much as I do, but I rarely read Christian books. I don’t even visit Christian sights and blogs anymore. Most of what’s out there is just the same thing over and over or people arguing with each other. So its not usually worth my time. The one current author who is, … Continue reading Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldredge
Here’s my challenge to those Christians who promote a traditional view of women’s submission: If you would please point me to a place in human history when humanity has done a good job with women’s submission, then I can take what you have to say seriously. But no such example exists. Never has, never will as long as we’re trying to do it the same … Continue reading Godly Submission
When you doubt what it true – that God exists and is good and people are basically good and life is important and good and that everything turns out OK in the end – that just means that you cannot concieve of a way to reconcile what you are seeing with all those things you’ve been told to believe in. Which is completely understandable given the lives most … Continue reading Hey You Doubters (ie Hey Human Beings!)
OK, so after my little rant last night, I want to switch gears and temper the solemnity of the anniversary of 9/11 by taking a look at the amazing changes that have and are taking place that we should all rejoice over. Christians know and will sometimes actually say that Jesus won. But I don’t think many people fully appreciate how true that is. 2000 years … Continue reading It’s Becoming a Wonderful World
Let me tell you a few things about the Christian book/music/entertainment industry: 1. It works just like the rest of the publishing/music/entertainment industry. 2. It is a system which grants power, money and influence to a very few while the majority of people God has gifted struggle to get anyone to even LOOK at the fruits of their gifts. 3. It works 100% according to the … Continue reading The Sheeple are Leading the Flock!
I’m about to go all theological on ya here . . . So, I don’t know why, but I was thinking last night about how the bible says that the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is head of the church. (Why, what do you think about as you’re drifting off to sleep if it’s not random bible verses? LOL) Aside from … Continue reading Heads or Tails?
A couple of years ago a local church installed a prayer labyrinth on their property and yesterday I walked it for the first time. I had never walked any prayer labyrinth before and I was surprised at how easy it was to enter into deep thought/prayer while walking it. You just fall into a rhythm of walking one foot in front of the other. One … Continue reading Walking the Labyrinth
I found a small framed print of this old devotional at our local Goodwill a couple of months ago and bought it. Many of you have probably seen it before, but I don’t think I had. I hope my children take the time to stand looking at the wall and read the whole thing every now and then. Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and … Continue reading Desiderata
Can you imagine if God had tried explaining to Moses that the Earth is 6 billion years old? We live in an age where huge numbers get thrown around all the time. There are 6.5 billion people on the planet. The gdp of the United States is in the trillions. The universe we can see is thought to be 16+ billion years old. Heck, some … Continue reading Playing With Time
God is love. So when we love, we are actually bringing God’s spirit into the physical world through ourselves. We become the nexus where the physical and the divine meet and communicate. That means each of us has the potential to be a portal between worlds. So never think that any loving action, thought or intention is unimportant. No matter how small, these are the things which … Continue reading A Cool Thought
The Upside Down World 