Have you ever heard the phrases, “Another day another dollar” or, “Just another day”? What do these have in common? They both lack perspective and heart. Why is it so important to have these about our daily lives? I’m glad you asked. GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE Today is not anything like yesterday and won’t be like anything… Read More Not Just Another Day: The Christian Response to Monotony
EVOLUTIONARY DISMISSAL For the unspiritual, life isn’t two-hold, it’s one-fold. This life is the only one. For believers in spirituality, or specifically in Jesus, life and death have depth to them based on the understanding that we are more than our corporeal bodies existing as matter within other matter (the atmosphere). There is weight and… Read More Pointless Argument for a Meaningless Life
CHOICES AND WISDOM Life is too short to hate oneself. It is even too short to hate life. There’s really only enough time to suffer in order to understand how to love oneself and others at a deeper level; that we could have revealed in our hearts the real beauty of the truth and nature… Read More The War Within Ourselves: At the Heart of How to Love
DESPERATE FOR THE ‘NARROW GATE’ Recently, a song by the rock band, Red, spawned an inspiration to write this article. The song title is “Coming Apart,” which is found on their “Gone” album. This song reminds me that there is never a place in this life where I feel safe without feeling desperate for God.… Read More Freed From Ephemeral Living: Released By Surrender
HEAVY SPIRITUAL BURDEN For several weeks now, I have been experiencing a heavy spiritual burden that has had me vacillating between disbelief, and the hope that the pieces of my faith will eventually fall back into place. From the buoyancy of this ambivalence comes the need to understand the roots of faith itself. What do… Read More Spiritual Peripheries: The War Between Nihilism and Faith
