Miracles and Moses
Moses was a man who saw many miracles. Perhaps he is the man who saw more miracles than any other man who has ever lived. If we try to number just how many miracles he experienced it becomes hard to measure. His miraculous salvation from death when all the Israelite males were to be put…
Continue readingOur Grandfather in Heaven
In his book, The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis has this to say about our concept of love. By the goodness of God we mean nowadays almost exclusively His lovingness; and in this we may be right. And by Love, in this context, most of us mean kindness- the desire to see others than the self…
Continue readingLiving For Others
I was looking for a specific C.S. Lewis quote when I came upon these brilliant, but lesser known quotes. “She’s the sort of woman who lives for others—you can always tell the others by their hunted expression.” – C.S. Lewis in The Screwtape Letters (p. 145). He expands upon this concept in his book, The…
Continue readingPeople and the Kingdom of God
“You can’t lay down any pattern for God. There are many different ways of bringing people into his Kingdom, even some ways that I specially dislike! I have therefore learned to be cautious in my judgment.” “But we can block it in many ways. As Christians we are tempted to make unnecessary concessions to those…
Continue readingPardon Me Lord
“Pardon me Lord, but if You are with us, why has all of this happened to us? Where are all of the miracles that happened in the past? You have abandoned us and left us at the mercy of this post-modern, consumeristic, God hating people.” That is my paraphrase of Gideon’s words found in Judges…
Continue readingChoice
Recently, atheists Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris debated two Jewish Rabbis, David Wolpe and Bradley Artson Shavit. One of the most cogent points made by Rabbi Shavit regarded “choice.” At the very core of traditional Judaism is the concept of bechira or choice. No miracle is so unambigious that it can’t be explained away as…
Continue readingComfort
So often I want my life to be comfortable. I want it to be free of stress, free of conflict, free of hard work, free of ambiguity, free of distress at seeing pain and suffering in the world, free of responsibility to do something about the pain and suffering in the world. The voice of…
Continue readingVoices
It’s 5 am and all is quiet But I hear voices in my head One says, “I should seek out comfort” Another, “Give it all away” This life is complex and confusing Not many wise enough to know But I will always keep on seeking The Voice that whispers in the Wind. It’s the Voice…
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Footnote to All Prayers
He whom I bow to only knows to whom I bowWhen I attempt the ineffable Name, murmuring Thou,And dream of Pheidian fancies and embrace in heartSymbols (I know) which cannot be the thing Thou art.Thus always, taken at their word, all prayers blasphemeWorshiping with frail images a folk-lore dream,And all men in their praying, self-deceived,…
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