If through upbringing, family, friends, culture, or clergy, one learns that God is judgmental, indifferent, vindictive, why indeed would anyone want to draw closer to Him?
Tag: meditation
The earth is flat and other fallacies
I recently attended a gathering of people who were discussing reconciling religious beliefs and reason. The gathering included people of different religions; it is not only Christians who face this struggle. Each person described their confusion and anguish in deciding to believe or to reject particular tenets of their religion. No one found it easy […]
Listen
In my continuing quest to make sense of what Jesus is recorded to have said and demonstrate his timeless relevance, I looked at this passage, below. “Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them […]
“Ye are gods”
The mission of Jesus was to deliver a message and a method for us to become “gods.” When we believe on him, as a truthful messenger with a message, we become his followers. This blog concentrates on his message, the next one on his methods, and then a blog on how he fulfilled his mission. […]
The Joy of Homework
The Joy of Homework This month I invited a guest blogger, Diane. Think to a time when you were in a class and couldn’t understand the instructor. If you were not interested in the material, probably you shrugged it off and moved on. But if you did want to learn, it was different. Maybe not […]