I just watched a documentery on Hiroshima. The suffering was unimaginable. Kids decaying alive from radiation poisoning, people instantly vaporized and on and on. I also watched a doc on the Chinese city where an earth quake killed 90,000 people. In the doctrine in which I grew up Hell was described as a place where … More Hell
Row, row, row, your boat… The only boat we can row is our own -Suppose my loved one and I are going down a river each in our own boat. If I try to row my loved one’s boat I would likely tip his boat over trying to get in. -If I manage to get … More Row, Row, Row Your Boat
I was president of Union Rescue Mission years ago. One day I was walking toward the mission entrance and maybe 30 yards from the mission entrance. I saw a ring of Los Angeles police officers around a homeless man who was down on the sidewalk . The police were hitting and kicking the elderly guy. … More Uneven Justice
A few years back, I had a spiritual adviser named Warren. We met once a week, usually in a park. It was a wonderful time for me. One day, after we had been working together for a year or so he asked me to visualize the very best future I could think of for myself. … More My Imagination
Saturday, September 18th, 2010 There are passages in the Bible that amaze me. Genesis chapter one and the Order of Creation Story is one such passage to me. I understand Genesis 1 as a remarkable pre-scientific expression of the modern understanding of the formation of the earth.The way Genesis 1 anticipates modern scientific understanding is … More Evolution and the Genesis Creation Story
Monday, March 7th, 2011 In this blog, I am going to write what I feel is the message of Romans 7-8 for me. “Do you not know, brothers and sisters—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over someone only as long as that person lives? For example, by … More No Condemnation
Saturday, November 13th, 2010 Right now, this minute, 10:25 PM, Monday, October 11, 2010, I am full of fear. If someone would say to me, “Why pray if you are going to worry and why worry if you pray.” I would feel a combination of feelings. I think a guilty feeling would come first accompanied … More Feeding My Faith
In this writing I am equating fasting with all the things I do to ensure that I am maintaining closeness to God. Things like bible study, church going etc\. Maybe I could say they are things to show god and myself I am maintaining my relationship with Her/Him ad to gain God’s favor. Now I … More How To Fast
It is 12: 45 AM.The reason I am awake is had a poor man’s dream. In my dream I was totally exhausted in my parent’s home as a grown man. I was totally exhausted and needing a place to rest. I was an adult and my parents were adult and were about my same age. … More Rest
It is the nature of any bureaucracy to dump the freethinkers and the doers, despite the fact they are the very ones they need the the most. I knew a woman a few years back that was doing her doctorate at an important California University on why the educational system tended to push out the … More They Murdered Jesus
