My daughter pushes me. She demands. Before coffee and time to wake up in the morning, she throws out at me like spittle in my face a withering challenge. She says, about my faith, my beliefs, something like …. You follow some concocted foolishness, if only to comfort yourself, to be a part of something, […]
Developing a Habit of Abundance
I am sometimes wrecked by my unbelief. “Lord I believe. Help my unbelief.” scripture says Mark 9:24. I am coming to see. Must I always put on habits? It seems that I must choose daily, sometimes moment to moment. I have to wear my belief like an new sweater or twist the rubber band on […]
God is With Us. But Can We Find Him?
I have marvelled at my doubt. I am going through one of my phases where I feel extremely disappointed by organized religion. Like Michael Jinkins, in Called to Be Human, I don’t understand what spiritual means any more than I understand what it means to be religious — but I know that today they are a pale imitation of what they should be, […]
religion scares me :: a reflection
Religion.scares.me. So quickly turning into actions. Deeds. Just notions. Before you know it you are doing religion. Lost is the element of the supernatural. The unknowable, powerful God. A loosed grip on what I think I know is an opening for the Spirit. It is something I cannot control, something.Other.than.me. Religion.scares.me. With my notions. Deeds. […]