Life beyond the belief meter…

September 4, 2012 By 2 Comments

  One wonders if there isn’t one of these parked at the entrance of ” heaven’s gate “, or on the front porch of that mansion with many rooms. We are led…maybe not led, coerced into believing that an absolute positive outcome on the belief meter is what gets you ” in.” What’s the pass [...]

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Of Wasps and Other Things

September 4, 2012 By 2 Comments

Wade Tickle is almost eleven years old, and he is terrified of wasps. When he was younger, he was only afraid of them. Now he is paralyzed by the mere possibility of them. Normally, this would not be a problem….a quirk maybe, a source of some parental concern and, unfortunately, of some unkind teasing, but [...]

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The slippery slope from believing into…living

September 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I am told, that Jesus only directly answers 3 of the 183 questions that he himself is asked in the four Gospels! This is totally surprising to me who has grown up assuming that the very job description of religion is to give people answers and to resolve people’s dilemmas. Apparently this is not Jesus’ understanding of the [...]

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