Posts on religion/spirituality and man’s search for meaning.
Vultures gathered in a tree, Two more circle overhead, Riding currents I can’t see, Raise the spirits of the dead. The dead in your life is that which your soul no longer sustains. The river of your life has moved elsewhere, and you must move with it or perish as well. I once saw the…
Wandering roots searching for gold penetrate deeper into the cold, dark, moist earth and the unknown, down to the bedrock of my soul, stable and solid, ten million years old, born of the fire that makes the world whole. Like a plant, it is our nature to dig deeper. It is the way we are…
To do it God’s way, or not do it God’s way, that is the question. It is important to choose carefully, for your answer will have a profound effect upon your life. There are two main paths you can follow in life: the way of the world or the way of God. God’s way is…
For many people at midlife, perhaps especially those who are retired, gambling can be an extremely seductive—and destructive—activity. The ending of a career, the death of a spouse, or a change of roles within the family are life events that can lead to feelings of loss, sadness, loneliness or anger. Many older people turn to…
Have you been running from God? Have you been running from the reality that life knows you, life sees you, and life expects something from you? This is the reality of God. One reason we run from God is that we are afraid to have a genuine encounter and relationship with Him. Most people prefer…
“Anyone who overlooks the instincts will be ambuscaded by them.” Carl Jung The human brain is among the most developed and complex of any creature. Its evolution and refinement has helped us to attain a level of consciousness and a mastery over our environment which far exceeds that of any other animal. But there is…
In recent years zombies have become an increasingly popular theme in movies, television, and literature. From what I can tell, they have also been spending a lot more time stumbling across the landscape of peoples’ dreams. What is it about the walking dead that has captured the interest of so many people? Or, perhaps a…
We use the word “grounded” in many different ways. From a psychological perspective, to be grounded means that we are “down to earth” and don’t have our “head in the clouds.” There is a certain stability associated with being grounded, for the word implies a firm footing, or rootedness. When we are grounded we are…
Stillness in motion: like the center of a spinning record, the axis of the earth, or the body of a hummingbird hovering by a flower. It is nature’s paradox: motion without movement. God is like this as well. He is the vision which guides the process, the quiet that sifts the voice of truth, the…
Is God a blind and sleeping slug, an unconscious and amoral being whose only eyes are the eyes of man? Does he move about in a blundering stupor, waiting for man to take his hand and guide him to the path of Goodness? Are we God’s teacher, more noble than our creator, the grand and…