Category: FAITH

BABYLON, BRUSSELS, EUROPA AND UTOPIA

BABYLON, BRUSSELS, EUROPA AND UTOPIA

There's a relationship between these names: a common thread relevant to our times and the world we all live in... An EU Council poster. Note the caption: "MANY TONGUES, ONE VOICE" Since President Obama pushed open the floodgates for immigrants into the US, erasing the legal/illegal distinction, and instructing border security to "stand down" and … Continue reading BABYLON, BRUSSELS, EUROPA AND UTOPIA

THE END OF AN IRE

THE END OF AN IRE

No, dear reader, I haven't mis-spelled a word in my title, I'm just rather partial to puns... Do you ever wish you could read a book or watch a movie in which nothing goes wrong, where nobody gets hurt and there are no problems to solve? I've discussed with my sons the fact that works … Continue reading THE END OF AN IRE

GETTING FAITH

GETTING FAITH

A member of my distant family recently commented that he had not been given the gift of faith. This to him is the end of the matter-he clearly expects to live the rest of his life without it. Some Christians think that faith is only given to a select few. God chooses some while the … Continue reading GETTING FAITH

TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HUMAN BEING

TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HUMAN BEING

I've lived long enough to be carrying an extensive series of regrets, lurking and lowering in the back of my mind, and occasionally smashing into my consciousness... I've done and said far too many stupid things. I've turned aside from far too many potentially fruitful situations, and I've neglected far too many lovely, precious people. … Continue reading TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HUMAN BEING

IS THIS THE AGE OF ANTI-TRUTH?

IS THIS THE AGE OF ANTI-TRUTH?

Truth was once a universally-accepted standard which was "out of style"*. Then truth became whatever you wanted it to be. Now political correctness is attempting to muscle out of existence all opposing views of truth, in order to impose its own...   Many people have written and commented on post-modernism, and on the "post-truth" age, … Continue reading IS THIS THE AGE OF ANTI-TRUTH?