When I was still looking for a church home, the Pastor at the Catholic Church offered me an interesting bargain. “Do you want to die, or live forever?” I wonder how he interpreted my bafflement. People have a fascination with death. We are designed that way. When it arrives, it is prefaced with pain, weakness, … Continue reading Choose Life
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A friend once observed that all the greatest physicists were lovers of humanity. Imagine that ideas are little angels. Used constructively, ideas are anchored to objects and processes that allow them to extend their influence. Look at Washington, D.C. and you see the realization of the ideas of Socrates, John Locke, and the Founders. Used … Continue reading Loving Truth
In honor of Alexei Navalny. One of the characteristics of religion is a focus on the unexplained. We turn to it when "Why?" overwhelms us. Because life is marvelous in its variety, we tend to get lost in the specifics of our experience. We turn to the Good Book (or books) seeking answers through comparison … Continue reading The Bible Made Simple
Gathering up the insights from our study of the first seven chapters of Revelation, our focus on the Most High leads us to a new - and overwhelmingly tolerant - Christology. Today is a day for looking back on our journey together. The study has been far from daily things. We’ve talked at times about … Continue reading Living Rights
