As part of the relaunch of my blog, I had mapped out some blog topics to talk about on a monthly basis and was all ready to launch into the first series of the fall when my spirit and God’s Spirit collided and a different idea emerged. I haven’t abandoned my previous topic, but it’s [...]
In the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the female lead character, Clementine (played expertly by Kate Winslet), makes the following key statement during the course of the narrative: “I’m just a ****ed up girl who’s looking for my own peace of mind.” I think that is the heart’s cry of the postmodern world. [...]
Today I discovered that everything I knew about atheism is wrong. Apparently, all honest, enlightened, and throughly reasonable people can’t help but be atheists. Religious people are, of course, deluded, unscientific, and completely unable to substantiate any of their beliefs or spiritual claims. How do I know this? Sam Harris: Mythbuster. Read this essay by [...]
Quick thought experiment: do you do something kind for your wife/husband/mother/father/sibling/friend/etc. solely in anticipation that they will somehow reward you? Do you refrain from doing something unkind in the hope that they’ll refrain from punishing you? I guess you could answer yes to either question, but that’s a rather bleak view of how relationships are [...]
