belief - Part 4

The problem of Easter

Has the Easter Bunny messed up our concept of Easter so much that even Christians don’t really know what it’s about?
Apparently, the answer, in too many cases, is an astounding YES!

The problem of Easter More

Maybe it’s not up to you to fix what’s broken

A look at ourselves

I, for one, am glad I don’t have to fix all those eggs. I’m really happy that I don’t have to fix the world’s problems.
… for my little piece of the action – look what I get –

Maybe it’s not up to you to fix what’s broken More

Who would be foolish enough to choose him for it? He was no one.

A look at ourselves

Forget literally saving the world. How about just saving a few people? Maybe just one person? What about joining with others to save just one person?

Who would be foolish enough to choose him for it? He was no one. More

There is, of course, a catch here. We never know when the last moment will come. I was in a car accident a couple years ago where I had less than a second before knowing I was going to be hit. “Life”, in the traditional sense, could end at any time.

I’m proud of you, you know … More

Time Travel – God and the fourth dimension

God & science

More laws – this time physics – that explain how things work.
I can’t help but wonder who Stephen Hawking thinks created the laws of physics.

Time Travel – God and the fourth dimension More

Little Replicas of God (Part 2)

Learning from a dog

Little Replicas of God (Part 2)
I often write about our free will –
our choice to follow God or not.
And now I see first hand my own choice to do this –
to blame Him or not –
to trust Him or not –
to allow His good intention to be played out or not –
to be part of His plan – or to walk away from Him.

Little Replicas of God (Part 2) More

Little Replicas of God (Part 1)

Learning from a dog

I was telling him he’d be OK – just stop and look around – then we’d go in. This is our normal routine in a situation like this.
He saw something that really scared him – I have no idea what. He backed up so fast and so hard … And then he ran.

Little Replicas of God (Part 1) More

True or False: No one can sit at the bedside of a dying child and still believe in God.

A look at ourselves

… in order to reach that conclusion – Russell had to first not only assume that God does exist, but that he knew how God felt about the dying child.I think the real statement should be – No one can sit at the bedside of a dying child and still believe that people are inherently good.

True or False: No one can sit at the bedside of a dying child and still believe in God. More