Sadness – that’s a bad thing right? Joy – that’s the way to go, right? Joy all the time! Sadness never! Are you sure? Spoiler alert here – if you haven’t seen the Pixar movie Inside Out, and don’t want to know anything about what happens in it – stop reading here!! Go see the […]
Yes. Jonah, the reluctant prophet with 4 short chapters, has ties to both Christianity and Islam. This isn’t going at all like I expected when I started this project. I went into it with the feeling that Muslims and Christians couldn’t possibly be talking about the same God. And I expected to be writing about
Jonah revisited – from the OT to Christianity and Islam More
The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are of subordinate importance, is the conflict of skepticism with faith. WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If you have doubts about your faith – don’t feel that you’re alone. It’s also not a new thing. The quote above is taken from Know Doubt, by John
Among other things, Sura 68 is a response to Muhammad’s sense / fear that his first revelation was from a Jinn (an evil spirit). It confirms to him that he is not crazy or hallucinating. This second Sura, in order of revelation, is quite long. Other topics in Sura 68 will be covered in
Intro to Sura 68 – The Pen. God’s promises to Abraham, revisited. More
The problem of caring.
Caring can be depressing.
That seems odd. Maybe even wrong. But it’s true.
Sometimes we need to remember the Why part of caring.
