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Ruthlessly Honest

From a recent Facebook post: I want to be ruthlessly honest in my intellectual, spiritual, and political life and in my writings. I want to serve the truth and only the truth, not caring at all what a single person thinks otherwise. I’m not out to “defend” an ideology — just to learn and speakContinue reading “Ruthlessly Honest”

Sick — No New Posts for a While

I have been sick for several weeks, and am still sick. For those who don’t know, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in December, 1990. I usually do fine, but it tends to flare up in the fall and spring. Two weeks ago I came down with an infection that the first course of antibioticsContinue reading “Sick — No New Posts for a While”

The problem you cannot avoid

Let’s be honest. If you decide God does not cast people off, stop loving them, or take his Spirit from them, you will then have to decide what to do with all those verses in the Bible that say he does. That’s gonna be a problem. But if you decide God DOES cast people off,Continue reading “The problem you cannot avoid”

Sick of Cancer

Have you ever been in that place where you seem to be surrounded with horrific things? As I write, two of my closest friends on the planet are fighting cancer. This morning I got word that an amazing young man with cancer, for whom I had done premarital counseling and then his wedding in 2010,Continue reading “Sick of Cancer”

Maryland pastor tells anti-gay group: LGBT people are ‘worthy of death’

This is where Biblicism (literal reading of scripture) leads. It’s the logical, and horrible, endpoint. [repostus thumb=3107968 hash=79b64459daf0019684de17dbd6cdabcd title=Maryland%20pastor%20tells%20anti-gay%20group%3A%20LGBT%20people%20are%20%26%238216%3Bworthy%20of%20death%26%238217%3B host=Raw%20Story%20 short=1qNBL]

Re-post: Bring It On!

One of my dearest friends was diagnosed with cancer a couple of weeks ago. He’s supposed to get information on how serious it is tomorrow. He is scared and in that dreadful waiting place. I don’t know what to tell him. I try to listen a lot. I did come across this article I wroteContinue reading “Re-post: Bring It On!”

Mature Persons in Love

“A mature person does not fall in love, he rises in love. The word ’fall’ is not right. Only immature people fall; they stumble and fall down in love. Somehow they were managing and standing. They cannot manage and they cannot stand – they find a woman and they are gone, they find a manContinue reading “Mature Persons in Love”

Living Truthfully, chapter 4: The Roles of Fear and Mythology

Chapter 4 – The Roles of Fear and Mythology Fear is the number one reason why people do not live truthfully. Fear keeps people locked up in themselves, and isolated from one another. Fear is the soil where hatred grows, both of self and of others. If you could get 10,000 people into a stadiumContinue reading “Living Truthfully, chapter 4: The Roles of Fear and Mythology”

Living Truthfully, chapter 3: Why It’s So Easy to Live Untruthfully

Chapter 3 – Why It’s So Easy to Live Untruthfully “Despite our basic intelligence and our ability to make wise choices, many of us don’t! In 2006 Daniel Goleman wrote a groundbreaking book called Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ. The book explains why sometimes very smart people do very stupid things.Continue reading “Living Truthfully, chapter 3: Why It’s So Easy to Live Untruthfully”

Living Truthfully, chapter 2: What Is Truth

Chapter 2 – What Is Truth “You have probably heard before that an airplane pilot will not know whether he is up or down if he is surrounded by clouds and cannot see the ground or the horizon, unless an instrument on the panel tells him which way is up. If that instrument breaks, heContinue reading “Living Truthfully, chapter 2: What Is Truth”