Beyond The Rim…

Life is full of choices. Literally, on a micro (small, detailed) level, every part of our body is filled with mechanisms making choices. On a macro (large, top, conscious) level we continually make choices: what to do now or into…

I have been concerned over the years as I have noticed how little people actually think about the serious things that turn their life and their eternal destiny. Most people seem to be surfers, some are snorkelers, a few do…

Whenever there are fundamental shifts coming in human events there are “canaries in the coal mine” occurrences that presage the actual displacement. These small seismic shifts alert those paying attention that the “big one” is coming. As Jesus said to…

The PDF file for Section One of my Knowing God Study Guide is now ready for download at the Knowing God Study Center (Click Here to Download the PDF). I hope to complete Sections Two and Three before the end…

The New Year is the traditional time for making resolutions, to commit ourselves to change for the better in some area of our lives. While most of these efforts produce little if any fruit, I whole heartedly endorse the exercise,…

For years my wife has suffered from an irregular but recurring condition in her inner ear where she would lose her equilibrium. She gets nauseous and finds even sitting up difficult. It usually passed with the aid of a little…

There is an old Spanish proverb where God says, “Choose what you will and pay for it.” This proverb reminds us that within the freedom we enjoy in life what sometimes appears to be an easy answer is not and…

That was the title that the German philospher, Friedrich Nietzsche used for his paean to the imagined next evolution of man, the Übermensch or superman/overman. For Nietzsche, God was dead, Christianity was an abomination, and the future belonged to those…

For most of the world, today is the day after Christmas, a day to return to work and when everyone’s focus turns to the coming New Year’s celebration. But for many Christians, especially those in liturgical churches, today is just…

He became what we are that he might make us what he is. Athanasius of Alexandria – fourth century theologian, Bishop and Patriarch of Alexandria and author of the Athenasian Creed.