The Paradox of Suffering and God’s Love
A few days ago I wrote an entry entitled “Sacrifices” to remind us that God wants our trust more than he desires sacrifices from us. The blog was prompted by our common desire to do something for God in order that we might get back into good relationship him, specifically when we experience suffering and…
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#touchmysoul
Shia Labeouf’s latest performance art piece is called #touchmysoul and has people talking about the soul. Labeouf invited people to call him at a special telephone number set up for this performance and “touch his soul.” No further information was given. It is an interesting concept. From the perspective of the collective that put together…
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Day by Day
Do not worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will have its own worries. The troubles we have in a day are enough for one day. – Jesus, Matthew 6: 34 (New Living Translation, NLT) I am once again learning to live by this wisdom. I’ve got to take it day by day. I cannot live my whole…
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Gravitational Waves, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
“A long time ago in a galaxy far far away” two black holes merged into one. To be more precise, this event happened approximately 1.3 billion years ago in a galaxy in the direction of the Magellanic clouds. We know this because scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravity-Wave Observatories (LIGO) in Hanford, Washington and Livingston,…
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Sacrifices
I had lunch with a friend recently and he was wrestling with some difficult things in his life. (I will change some of the details so that you will not know who he is.) His wife had recently been diagnosed with cancer and they were in the midst of a significant transformation in their knowledge…
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