Category: general discussions

(Watch the video below) I love what this guy is doing, mainly because it offers an alternative message to people who are slowly sinking in defeat, despair, difficulty, hopelessness. As Christians our hope is not rooted in positive thinking, but a positive message can be the initial blessing that leads people to look towards Jesus…

I am intrigued by this video book promo for a book by this title. Peter Rollins is suggesting that we reduce God to an idol when we turn God and faith and life into a system that works, that makes sense. He is urging us to embrace mystery, dissatisfaction and uncertainty, to admit that life…

When I was a teenager, I had a paper route. I remember one occasion when there was a vicious looking dog – a doberman pinser, normally in the back yard behind a gate – sitting on the front step, watching me approach with teeth bared, a barely audible growl coming to my ear. I had…

A.B.Simpson wrote this hymn entitled “Himself”, which reveals the shift from seeking spiritual blessings to seeking the Blesser Himself, and the resulting blessing that comes from knowing and seeking Him. Sometimes I can get so busy, so focused on “spiritual things and activities”, that I lose sight of what they are all about, or where…

The kingdom of God is this world as God created it to be, with all it’s beauty and order and purpose. In the beginning, God entrusted this world to humans, His appointed rulers (kings and queens, princes and princesses). The bible begins with this picture of the kingdom of God, of humans male and female…

Some people think that spirituality is a dimension of life outside of ordinary reality. We interrupt our normal activities to do something spiritual: pray, reads the bible, go to church, be still. But this is not true, not real; every part of life has a spiritual dimension. Walking, breathing, creating, imagining, copulating, parenting, conversing, eating,…

Do you make new year’s resolutions? If not, why not? Is it because you are honest enough to admit that you will not see it through? Or is it because you are content with how you are, you don’t need to make any changes? Is it because you are already working hard at self-improvement, and…

In his book Stride Toward Freedom, Martin Luther King writes about non-violence: First, it must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid or merely because he lacks the instruments of violence, he is not truly nonviolent. This is why…

I did not read much Dr Seuss as a kid, but these are fun, and thought-provoking. Click the image to read more. Leave a comment, let me know which quote made you think the most.