May 8, 2012
Love and Marriage
LOVE AND MARRIAGE (A letter to my children) As you prepare for adult life I would like to offer my observations on what helps make a marriage a fulfilling experience. Statistics suggest that half of all American marriages end in divorce. This is a bit misleading because they include multiple marriages and divorces by the same people. Consequently, some couples will divorce several times and others never.... read more
Apr 27, 2012
Being the Miracle
We pray for a verity of reasons. There are prayers of adoration through which the heart sings. There are prayers of intercession through which we seek aid for others. There are prayers for ourselves through which we seek divine intervention. Finally, there are the all too common forms of prayer through which we simply worry out loud. No person can or should tell another how to pray but there are... read more
Apr 22, 2012
Changing the World
What if everyone we knew was dishonest? What if everyone we read about was cruel and abusive? What if everyone we ever heard about was manipulative? If so, what would our world look like to us? Under such circumstances the world might seem like an unpleasant, hostile, and inhospitable place. Under these conditions, without role models, without kindred souls, in the presence of fear and pain, it would be... read more
Apr 9, 2012
And Then We Were
God is eternal, meaning our Lord has always been and will always be. As part of God, we likewise have no beginning we have always been but not exactly as we are now. As sense organs, cells in the body of God, we participated in the process of creation. Our God proceeded to recreate Himself in a myriad of forms. This is what we know as creation. Great care should be taken to understand there is no inside,... read more
Apr 7, 2012
The Spirit of Easter
The spirit of Easter is one of renewed life. The promise is our eternal consciousness, but why? What is the reason for renewal? God is eternal, God is love, God is life; life is love, therefore love lives eternally. It is the love of which we are comprised that lives on, and the pain of separation that eventually falls away. How then may we apply this principle in our ordinary affairs? If we look toward... read more
