Is the spiritual world real? Yes. Can I prove it. No, of course not. But I think I can offer here an explanation that at least explains why belief in the spiritual world is plausible, and not counter to reason. At the risk of sounding immodest, I believe that what you are about to read represents theContinue reading “Repost: Making the Spiritual World Real”
Category Archives: GOD STUFF
Count me in with the crooks and whores
…it is the will to pray that is the essence of prayer, and the desire to find God, to see Him and to love Him is the one thing that matters. If you have desired to know Him and love Him, you have already done what was expected of you, and it is much betterContinue reading “Count me in with the crooks and whores”
Anxiety, prt. 2
In my last post I mentioned that the best way to overcome anxiety is not to face it head-on, but to undermine it — to subvert it. This is just a way of saying that the old advice, “Try not to worry,” could not be more useless than it is. When we try not toContinue reading “Anxiety, prt. 2”
Anxiety
Comedian Steven Wright describes chronic anxiety better than anyone else I’ve ever known. I will paraphrase him loosely here: You know that feeling when you’re sitting in a chair and you rock back on two legs and you go back too far and you start to fall, then at the last minute you catch yourself? Continue reading “Anxiety”
Truth series conclusion
We are at liberty to be real, or to be unreal. We may be true or false, the choice is ours. We may wear now one mask and now another, and never, if we so desire, appear with our own true face. But we cannot make these choices with impunity. Causes have effects, and ifContinue reading “Truth series conclusion”
Following Truth (truth, prt 5)
Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black. — Henry Ford Remark about the Model T in 1909, published in his autobiography My Life and Work (1922) Chapter IV. If I could write one statement that would pretty accurately sum up how most people liveContinue reading “Following Truth (truth, prt 5)”
Facing Truth (truth, prt 4)
When light comes into our lives but we run for the darkness, that’s denial. That’s retreating back into mythology and illusion. That’s refusing to face the truth. By the way, don’t over-spiritualize this. Don’t assume this is referring to “spiritual truth” only. In fact, there’s no such thing as spiritual truth. Something is either true, or it isn’t. If something is true it comes from, and is a reflection of, the source of truth, which is God. (Of course this is just my opinion, but of course this is my blog. So there. Na-na-na-boo-boo.)
Bad ideas=Bad living
People will live bad lives to whatever extent they have adopted bad ideas. Dr. Phil has popularized the saying, “How’s that working for you?” In other words, when you do such and such thing, which comes from such and such belief, notion, or idea, what is the usual result and is it making your lifeContinue reading “Bad ideas=Bad living”
Holes in the Gospel of Joe
Joe Rogan is funny. Crass, yes. Okay, maybe filthy. But I love his spirit. I wish I could live as boldly my way as Joe Rogan lives his way. But I hope, for your sake and mine, that Joe Rogan is wrong about the meaning of life and how best to live it. Of courseContinue reading “Holes in the Gospel of Joe”
The Theology of What Not to Wear
I’m kind of stuck in limbo, between the guy side of me that hates TV shows like What Not To Wear, and the counselor/theologian side that finds them irresistible. For here, played out on TV for all, are stories of transformation. In 40 minutes, a 40 year old woman who still dresses like a 12Continue reading “The Theology of What Not to Wear”
Temp Arbor 