This post is to log a connection that came into my mind – an idea that I didn’t want to just fall by the wayside. The title doesn’t mean that I understand Genesis. Ray Anderson writes, “When someone asks where … Continue reading
Who’da thunk it?
Two stories about disorder on the BBC yesterday, one in the heavens and on on earth. The first, an earthly lament about the rioting in England. An anguished headline, What turns people into looters? by zimpenfish What turns people into … Continue reading
About Where the Wild Things Are, Lila writes, “The tragedy of 21st century N.A. is the weak/seared conscience, superego, Parent–or whatever your favourite psychobabble would dictate. We suffer from too many friends and not enough heroes.” It’s a very astute … Continue reading
… can’t make men good. We can eradicate a disease but we can’t free ourselves from the fear that someone will use it against us as a biological weapon. The kicker is, someone might; worse things have been done. It is … Continue reading
Good stuff.
In this series of posts, I’m reflecting on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. They form a remarkably practical, powerful presentation of the Christian Gospel which is gloriously free from Church language and culture. They are simple to understand, difficult to … Continue reading
Why does a good God allow bad things to happen? The character of a God who would desire something, have the power to make it so, and yet not do it is foreign to us. We find it confusing and … Continue reading
This is, in some way, a follow-up to my previous post on the goodness of life. Please pardon the focus on excrement. Excrement is filthy. It holds all the toxins and bits of food that we don’t want. We associate … Continue reading
Then life must be good, no matter what I think or feel about it. Can I really believe that God created all things and is above all things – and at the same time claim that man’s badness is greater … Continue reading