Take me to church
Have you ever watched a film you’ve seen multiple times and find yourself hoping it turns out differently? Like maybe Uncle Billy will remember that he put the $8,000 into the newspaper when… Continue reading
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Do we trust the driver or do we bail?
Driving the Ohio turnpike in a winter storm at night is, shall we say, adventuresome. Snow completely covering the road and blowing everywhere, drivers having to guess where the lanes are, most but… Continue reading
Sugar daddy Santa
It’s just my opinion, but it’s not just MY opinion. There are other rebellious ones like me who think frauds like Santa Claus should be exposed. Oh, the deceit. Here’s my anti-Santa post… Continue reading
Put yourself in God’s place
Fellow parents.…imagine with me for a minute. You come home from work or shopping with armloads of wonderful and much-desired gifts for your children, anticipating and envisioning squeals of delight and copious displays… Continue reading
Prescription for a sick world
I have lately felt more overwhelmed than usual by all the evil in the world. Murders, rapes, child abuse, sex trafficking, tortuous persecution. We see it in the news every day…a sad and… Continue reading
The problem of suffering, objectively speaking
“Let’s be objective,” is a recommendation a mediator might make to opposing parties, or a father to a child who feels she’s been wronged. Objectivity is the perspective which allows one to evaluate… Continue reading
The blind and the seeing
Atheists have a lot of objections to what is claimed about God in the Bible. But as I dialogue with them, it’s often unclear to me whether they believe their objections amount to… Continue reading
The Gospel of the Vaccine
It all seems eerily familiar: the application of guilt the laying out of the predicament and consequences of your guilt the good news of a price paid for you the promise of redemption… Continue reading
The hope of happiness
In the debate over same-sex marriage and homosexuality, just as in other issues about which people disagree, the answer to one question will mostly determine which side one will support: Or perhaps more… Continue reading
It’s oh so natural
Evil has a long and sobering history. There is nothing new under the sun….not torture and murder, not rape and enslavement, not subjugation, treachery, serial lying, and all manners and expressions of vile… Continue reading
Who’s on the side of science now?
The tide is turning, and we need to be ready to ride the wave. Just like surfers need balance, wisdom, and vision, so do we believers in God need the same if we… Continue reading
Surrender now or surrender later
It needs to be understood that in killing Afghan soldiers and kidnapping and forcibly marrying young girls, the Taliban are only doing what they believe is morally right. According to their ideology, the… Continue reading
Joy, fleeting and chosen
Once in a great while something wonderful happens. A feeling of pure, soul-lifting joy suddenly overtakes me, but only for a moment or two. And then it’s gone. Does this ever happen to… Continue reading
Do Christians consume Christ?
…where I seek to provide some food for thought from Jesus’ Bread of Life discourse in John 6. Are Christians cannibals? Some curious first-century onlookers thought so. The word was going around that… Continue reading
Bread or body, wine or blood?
Why should Joe Biden’s and Nancy Pelosi’s support for abortion rights disqualify them from receiving communion in the Roman Catholic Church? The U.S. bishop’s conference is working on a document to ostensibly answer… Continue reading