“Thy Will Be Done?”
A phrase in the “Our Father,” also called the Lord’s Prayer, has always been a problem for me. To me, this phrase expresses the aspiration that we, and everybody else, ...
Faith, Patience and Endurance
Interesting, isn’t it, how things can be going smoothly in your life, then all of a sudden, they’re not? Those things may be relatively insignificant, like getting cut off in ...
The Kingdom of Heaven???
Before moving to Colorado, my wife, Amparo, and I used to drive from Des Moines to Denver to see our daughter, Maureen, who lives in the city’s southern suburbs. Because ...
Evolution: The Creator’s Favorite Tool?
I often sit and read on the small stoop outside our house in the evenings, sometimes with “an adult beverage.” It’s usually cool and always calming. The calming effect is ...
Ignoring the Obvious?
As it says on its website, this blog is written mainly for “those who have given up on God and/or religion,” and in a broader sense, for all of us who ...
A Church That Defends Science
For 10 years at a regional newspaper, I wrote about medicine and health, despite having a rather weak background in science. The newspaper’s editor-in-chief believed I would well represent the ...