It's Not For Me To Say
If you’re religious, Thanksgiving is religious. If you’re not. it’s not. And it ill behooves someone like me to tell non-believers what to celebrate.
If you’re religious, Thanksgiving is religious. If you’re not. it’s not. And it ill behooves someone like me to tell non-believers what to celebrate.
There ought to be an oath for parents and pastors like the oath doctors take, based on Hippocrates: “Make a habit of two things — to help, or at least to do no harm.” I’m a parent and pastor, and I should know.
You can’t answer this question in a vacuum. And, in spite of the marvels of the Internet as a forum for ideas, that’s what we have here. At the end of the day, the answer that matters is the answer of anyone who thinks the question is important enough to struggle over, to inquire into and think about deeply.
Down here on the ground, where ordinary people try to practice and think about their faith, we know a little about atheists. We respect them. They are often us.
Prayer is a lot of things we don’t think of at first. If a picture of someone kneeling in church or at bedtime, comes to mind, put it away for a moment. If the thought of talking in religious jargon comes to mind, think again.
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