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The Problem of God
It started as a random comment posted by a friend on Facebook. The statement concerned God’s need for companionship, with a little twist at the end. I thought it humorous, checked that I like it, and moved on. Within a couple of days, however, there were comments from mutual friends asking our friend to show a little more sensitivity and...
"Civil Discourse" is the forgotten difference between dialogue and confrontation
Mark Shields and David Brooks awarded the first ever
Prize for Civility in Public Life from Allegheny College
Over the last year, I have become a big fan of the PBS Newshour’s conversation with Brooks and Shields each Friday evening. What has drawn me to this segment each week is the calm, thoughtful manner in which these two men...
Smoke, Spit, and Suffering
"I've seen it all and it's nothing but smoke—smoke, and spitting into the wind." Ancient Hebrew Philosopher (The Message).
I love turtles. Those close to me know of my deep sense of connection with turtles. Turtles are fascinating creatures. They are beings of determination, focus, and dedication. ...
So This is Christmas
It is the season of holidays. In the faith tradition of my upbringing, it is the season of Advent, a period of four weeks leading up to the celebration of the Incarnation of God in Jesus the Nazarene. This celebration of the Incarnation is most widely known as Christmas. However, today, you will find very few people who...
Always Sunset
To know hope, one must know hopelessness. The deeper the experience of hopelessness, the greater the possibility of a stronger, more significant hope. The fullness and power of joy and optimism are rooted in one’s willingness to embrace his or her shadow. Until we confront the nature and reality of our existence, the less...
I will do it
This past Friday I did something I have never done before, I attended a protest meeting. Now, it was an organizational meeting and we didn’t actually get out on the street, but I stepped outside my comfort zone, and connected with a group of people I didn’t know for a cause from which I have nothing to gain. You see this is...
Reaching the present moment means coming to terms with death
“The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny of man.” – Ernest Becker.
Here is the cold, hard reality – we all die. Each of us are...
A dialogue that doesn't do beyond the facts isn't the dialogue we need
One hundred and fifty years ago Soren Kierkegaard emerged as a significant critic of the developing “Great Awakening” sweeping Europe and North America. A philosopher and theologian, Kierkegaard was deeply disturbed by the growing influence of evidence-based or ‘provable’ science over religion and culture. ...
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