Gratitude Is A Powerful Motivator
Gratitude can’t be neatly packaged into a particular holiday any more than religious faith can be shoehorned into a weekly Sabbath.
Spirituality Archives
November 23, 2006 12:41 PM
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Stereotypical 'Female' Qualities Are Core of What Jesus Taught
For me, one of the most profoundly moving scenes in the New Testament is the moment when Mary Magdalene, confronted with an empty tomb and distraught and desperate to find the body of her beloved Jesus, at last looks into the face of the resurrected Lord (John 2: 15-16).
February 3, 2007 12:35 PM
Prayer: A Life-Changing Experience
As a child, I was never taught to pray. Throughout my English high school I became cynically familiar with the daily rote prayers offered in each morning’s assembly. I drifted, year after year, through a kind of atheistic nothingness, confident in my teenage omniscience that religion was a crutch for people who couldn’t otherwise make it on their own.
June 12, 2007 8:12 AM
Natural Companions
Faith and works have always been natural companions, and to try to draw a precise dividing line between the two is an exercise in futility.
June 18, 2007 10:12 AM
Asking Questions is How We Grow
There are two discernible questions here, so let’s take them in sequence.
September 19, 2007 10:54 AM
Using Language as a Mask for Intolerance
The word “cult” in common usage is almost always a pejorative and, in my experience, usually used by someone with an agenda.
September 30, 2007 7:45 AM
Polemical, Unreasonable, Bizarre
The apostle Paul wrote that faith in Jesus Christ was “unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness” (1 Cor.1:23). It seems nothing much has changed in 2,000 years except the choice of words.
