As we start another week, what is it that you are afraid of? What is keeping you from doing the miraculous, the amazing, the incredible for the Kingdom of God? Peter could step out of the boat and take a few steps, until he became fearful - even when Our Lord was right there in... Continue Reading →
It seems to be a common refrain: religion is all about using fear to control and educate people. Fear is the worst way to teach people. It is a last resort of the desperate, bad teacher. Pay attention, or doom on you. Remember this, or doom on you. It is certainly true that we ourselves,... Continue Reading →
Sometime in the second century after Christ, a letter to Diognetus was written explaining Christianity. The author is unknown, and it is not known if the Diognetus that it was addressed to was the Diognetus that tutored Marcus Aurelius - but those details are unrelated to the importance of the letter, now known as the... Continue Reading →
It is a tenet of this blog to avoid current events. This post will push the limit, since there are current events that inspired it and will be mentioned; however the purpose is for more persistent. Christian persecution is again making world headlines. A woman in the Sudan has been sentenced to death for refusing... Continue Reading →
If there is a single factor for why the samurai were such incredible warriors, it is probably the fact that they viewed themselves as already dead. As it is written in the Hagakure, Book 1: "The way of the Samurai is found in death…This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai. If by... Continue Reading →
We are called as Christians to be fearless, and to not fear men, the world, or evil. And yet we are still afraid of many things. How do we conquer our fears? That's probably the wrong question. How do you work through the fear, persevere through the fear, resist letting the fear paralyze you.... Continue Reading →
While reading a book on business strategies, I came across an expression credited as "an ancient Chinese proverb." The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it. In the context I found it, the expression was an answer to naysayers who criticize a project or goal while the yet-impossible task... Continue Reading →
It is human to be afraid. Everyone is afraid of something (or somethings). Several fears are in fact common to a lot of people. Fear motivates us to change. Whether it is some learned trait for survival or a psychological reflex to avoid danger, when we act on our fears we make a choice... Continue Reading →
The season of Lent is almost upon us - 40 days prior to Easter (excluding Sundays) that are a time of preparation for the celebration of Jesus' passion and resurrection. The early Christian church marked the 40 days of preparation for Easter as far back as 325, and it was established formally in the... Continue Reading →
My kids were watching VeggieTales again, and as I walked into the room I heard Junior Asparagus explaining to his father why he was no longer afraid of the 'monsterous fears' he was having earlier in the episode of "Where's God When I'm Scared." As Junior explained that not only was God bigger than... Continue Reading →
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