Why doesn’t God just say what he means? Lay it all out in one hit? Say it like it is? On the road to Emmaus: “And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.” (Luke 24:45) Why is that even necessary? This is PART 2 of “Story as a vehicle for truth” Why […]

Reviewing past talks and addresses, we speak a lot about “the Lord”: What do we mean by “the Lord”? When we talk about inviting the Lord into our lives, what do we mean? And, what does that look like? THE LORD IS LOVE “The essence of love is not to love self, but to love […]

Why did Jesus curse the fig tree? Uncharacteristically harsh from “Gentle Jesus, meek and mild.” True, [depending upon the account we read] he’s just evicted the sellers from the temple, or he’s just about to. But what’s the fig tree done wrong? It isn’t even the season for figs (Mark 11:13). In Australia, we’ve just […]

Responding to the question: “Life in other planets? No, no way! This is a scientific impossibility. Other planets are just too hot or too cold to shelter life, or have an enormous gravity or are just made of gas and you can’t step on them.” I’m not going to satisfy everyone today – a challenge […]

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) The Death of the Wife of the Biblical Prophet Ezekiel, by William Blake (c. 1785) The prophet Ezekiel often asked to represent the state of the people. Here, he is doing so again, following the death of his wife, by going about his […]

“I believed that stories helped us to ennoble ourselves, to fix what was broken in us, and to help us become the people we dreamed of being. Lies that told a deeper truth.” — Dr. Robert Ford, Westworld Season 1 Stories: Hold our attention Present diverse perspectives Lower our resistance Inspire us to action. “Maybe […]