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May 2015

May 06, 2015

Finding your elephant

Three blindfolded people were led to an elephant. The first person touched the elephant’s ear...

May 04, 2015

A Prayer for Traveling

April 2015

April 18, 2015

“Accepting Christ”

We’re born sinners. That’s what some Christians think. (Or is this what many Christians think?...

April 11, 2015

Carmina Gadelica prayer

April 08, 2015

Bake for them two

An excellent perspective of what Jesus expects us to do. "Christians, our Jesus said to...

April 04, 2015

Appy Heaster

April 03, 2015

A Sermon for Martin Luther King Jr., on the anniversary of his murder

This is a sermon I gave in the past, that I’ve rewritten a little for...

April 02, 2015

For Good Friday

Here’s a wonderful excerpt of an interview with Bono, as he patiently and simply explains...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

March 26, 2015

Celebrating pagan holidays

Listen to anyone criticize Christianity and eventually they may mention the notion that Christian holidays...

March 23, 2015

An Irish prayer

March 19, 2015

Carmina Gadelica, Volume I, 4 – a Celtic prayer

March 18, 2015

Jesus and Socrates – for non-Christians

We have exactly zero writings of Socrates today, do you believe he existed? If you...

March 16, 2015

I’m a horrible example of a Christian

I’ve determined I’m a horrible example of a Christian. (I am a wonderful father, just...

March 11, 2015

An Irish prayer

March 10, 2015

The devil went down to Georgia

Have you heard about Kelly Renee Gissendaner? The Georgia woman is on death row for...

March 07, 2015

Namaste at Costco

Shopping at Costco today, my wife and baby and I garnered a lot of attention...

March 07, 2015

Shadowboxing with God

Are you familiar with Plato’s allegory of the cave? A super simple explanation goes like...

March 02, 2015

Intercessory prayer

Intercessory prayer. A blog about prayer and my daughter, from the other blog I write.

February 2015

February 28, 2015

A prayer from the Carmina Gadelica

February 25, 2015

An Irish Prayer

February 24, 2015

About faith

How do we know how hungry someone else is? Or how thirsty? How do we...

February 22, 2015

The temptations of Facebook

I’ve given up Facebook for Lent. Lent is a time of fasting, introspection and soul-searching,...

February 22, 2015

A prayer from the Celtic Carmina Gadelica

February 18, 2015

Ashes to ashes, all fall down

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day in the season of Lent. One of the...

February 17, 2015

The universe as we know it

The universe as we know it may not be the universe as we know it....

February 15, 2015

Night Will Fall

Have you seen Night Will Fall, the HBO documentary about the film footage shot in...

February 10, 2015

Gay marriage

As the issue of gay marriage makes its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, I’m...

February 09, 2015

For the Bookshelf: Universal Salvation?

To add to the reading list . . . For the Bookshelf: Universal Salvation?. via...

February 02, 2015

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