It is time for a new reformation. At one time, approximately 500 some years ago, a monk name Martin Luther dares to point out the hypocrisy of the prevailing church vote at the time. Today, hypocrisy reigns again. In our religious and political institutions. Who will rise up and speak truth to this condition? Is […]
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Roadmaps
I was fairly young the first time I encountered a customized turn by turn map made for a specific trip. The journey I now find myself on seems like one of those maps with only the first and last pages. I know where I’m at today. I know where I’ll end up. All the turns […]
2018 in review
What a year. For the last few months of 2017 and the first five months of 2018 I was annoyed by a chronic dry cough and shortness of breath. The cough was not constant. A flight of stairs would result in one or two hard, dry, coughs. Talking for more than a minute or two […]
The journey begins
And now, the journey begins. Okay… Life is a journey, so it actually began a little over 59 years ago for me. What I’m realizing now, is that I’ve been traveling a road to a destination that has now been revealed to me. It’s an odd feeling to be fairly healthy all my life and […]
Silence
Last night the Monday night study group I’m in watched the movie Silence . The film takes place in 17th century, feudal Japan and is told from the point of view of a pair of Portuguese Jesuit priests (Sebastião Rodrigues and Francisco Garupe – played by Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who, travel there in an […]
Verity Paradox?
Verity… A truth… a principle of life that is of fundamental importance… the foundations on which I base my life… the rocks on which I build. Paradox… The ultimate truth… a universal truth… what is not supposed to be, yet is… what I get when I’m expecting something else… the persistent manifestation of […]
The Conscious Universe
Why do you insist the universe is not a conscious intelligence when it gave birth to conscious intelligences? — Cicero, c. 44 BCE
Butterflies of Belief
We can approach beliefs not as gems to be mined from the earth and protected with clenched fists, but rather as butterflies that land on an open hand — as gifts to enjoy but not possess. Finding God in the Waves – Mike McHargue
Which world do you choose?
Believe what you want regarding destiny. You may believe in a future course that is divinely preordained, one that is a product of pure chance, or something in between. I’ve yet to encounter anyone who can say and demonstrate that they have figured it out. So… I think it’s a logical conclusion that we humans […]
If There Is No God, We Don’t Make Sense
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning — just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning. Similarly, the fact that eyes exist suggests that […]
the Verity Paradox 