Tag: Believe

First, insofar as race is a social construct (which it is), it’s useful to examine how that construct was built, and how it has two sides (at least). The category of “black people” could not exist without a complementary, equally made-up category of “white people” to st...

A fascinating study conducted by Pew Research revealed the most commonly used words and phrases in Christian church sermons. To come up with this data, Pew Research gathered the transcripts of nearly 50,000 sermons posted online by various Christian churches over a three-month period in 20...

The longer I live, the more qualified I become to speak on the topic of suffering. I don’t write about suffering as one who stands on the sideline, like an armchair expert who makes comments on a football game that he’s never played in his life. I write as someone who has played the game...

It’s been one of the warmest winters I can remember. I live in northern New York, just an hour from the Canadian border. Aside from a cold snap that lasted a week in early December, it’s been humid and raining. The Olympic ski mountain near where I live has only a portion of its trails o...

This quote is from an atheist author’s book. I don’t know much of anything about him. I don’t even remember how I came to stumble across this quote but I think I like it. I’ve spent most of my life in an Adventist church. Don’t get me wrong, it was lovely. Sort of. M...

Isn’t it fascinating how some people suddenly, as if by chance, become wildly successful? It seemingly happens all the time. What did they do beforehand, and where does chance fit into their success? What is chance? Many of us know there is far more to chance than chance alone. How do yo...

Sure, it’s a dysfunctional family where a lot of narcissistic whims usually collide into communication disaster, but still… You wouldn’t imagine something as natural as getting old would get so much backlash. Whatever you do, if you come over, never talk to my 74-year-old mothe...

I come from a family where getting old is a capital sin. Sure, it’s a dysfunctional family where a lot of narcissistic whims usually collide into communication disaster, but still… You wouldn’t imagine something as natural as getting old would get so much backlash. Whatever ...

Aloha! I hope your week is off to a fabulous start! I was recently listening to Abraham Hicks and the idea that you can’t find what you believe is lost. And as I was listening to the story of Esther who her lost keys, I thought that was a cool idea. The story goes that Esther was frantically l...

I come from a family where getting old is a capital sin. Sure, it’s a dysfunctional family where a lot of narcissistic whims usually collide into communication disaster, but still… You wouldn’t imagine something as natural as getting old would get so much backlash. Whatever ...