Sacred Meditations

The most offensive thing about Jesus...

  Here's a challenging question. Don't take it the wrong way. It's just meant to make you think.   What is the most offensive part about Christianity today?   What...

The most offensive thing about Jesus...

  Here's a challenging question. Don't take it the wrong way. It's just meant to make you think.   What is the most offensive part about Christianity today?   What...

The Dark Night of the Soul

You've probably heard this phrase before. Every novel I write has what I learned (in a book about story structure called "Save the Cat") as a "dark night of the...

The Dark Night of the Soul

You've probably heard this phrase before. Every novel I write has what I learned (in a book about story structure called "Save the Cat") as a "dark night of the...

The problem of evil. Why bad things happen.

Why do bad things happen to good people?   It's said that this question is the foundation of the vast majority of atheism.   The objection goes something like this......

The problem of evil. Why bad things happen.

Why do bad things happen to good people?   It's said that this question is the foundation of the vast majority of atheism.   The objection goes something like this......

A "scandal" of particularity.

I love talking theology with friends. But I'm not one who enjoys theology debates. I used to live for them. But not so much anymore.   Because most of the...

A "scandal" of particularity.

I love talking theology with friends. But I'm not one who enjoys theology debates. I used to live for them. But not so much anymore.   Because most of the...

Searching for God.

   If you seek you will find... (Matthew 7:7).     Because God is already searching for you.      This is going to be a hard pill to swallow...

Searching for God.

   If you seek you will find... (Matthew 7:7).     Because God is already searching for you.      This is going to be a hard pill to swallow...

"Confession" isn't what you think it is.

I grew up in a church where "confessing" our sins was encouraged.   We began every service with a public "confession" of what we'd done, what we'd left undone... and...

"Confession" isn't what you think it is.

I grew up in a church where "confessing" our sins was encouraged.   We began every service with a public "confession" of what we'd done, what we'd left undone... and...