How Astronomy Made Me Rethink Young-Earth Creationism
For years as a pastor I’d taught young-earth creationism. Now, as I looked at Andromeda through my binoculars my worldview took a hit.
Reflections on the Peace Prayer: How Can I Sow Love
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Hatred abounds in today’s world; much of it I can do nothing about. I don’t have the ability to bring peace between the Palestinians and Israelis. I don’t have the ability to end the war in Ukraine. I don’t have the ability to ease tensions with China. I don’t have the ability to solve the humanitarian crisis at our southern border. And I don’t have the ability to calm our turbulent political waters in this election year. That’s what I can’t do. So what …
Sowing Love – Reflections on The Peace Prayer, Pt. 1
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” There’s plenty of hatred to go around these days. And I’m guessing that 2024 promises more of the same. So this year I’m reflecting through and memorizing the prayer of Saint Francis, also known as The Peace Prayer. Saint Francis didn’t write this prayer, although it is attributed to him. It first showed up around 1912. (History of the Prayer) Each week, I’m going to briefly reflect on how I can practically apply the principles of this prayer in my life. I might carry …
The Problem with Buried Questions: They Keep Coming Back.
A Deconstruction Observed It was an innocent question but based on my friend’s reaction you’d have thought I’d denied the Trinity. “If God is eternal and unchangeable,” I posited, “how could he take on human nature? Wouldn’t becoming a man be a fundamental change in God’s nature?” My friend looked horrified, almost as if he expected lightning to strike me at any moment. “You should be careful about asking questions like that!” he cautioned. Yet asking questions had become a major part of my Christian life. The year was 1974. It was my sophomore year of college and I was …
Reflections on Deconstruction
What is deconstruction? I can describe what it feels like better than I can explain what it is. Deconstruction feels like walking alone through a pitch-black forest. It’s the unsettling feeling you get when the ground you’re walking on becomes unstable…