Which one are you? Read more…

Oh my, the garage again. The first incident saw the original canvas cover split from front to back along the top pole. Last time the whole frame took off and landed on my back steps. This time the new roof shredded.

The big tarp we bought to cover it simply did not have the strength for the job. The wind tore the roof apart. A good idea that didn’t work because it wasn’t made of the right stuff. Read more…

I’m not a philosopher, but I had to take two philosophy courses in university. In one course we studied the argument about proving the existence of God. One of the arguments against the reality of God is that God is invisible.

In reality it’s not that God cannot be known through human senses. Rather, people want to keep God at arm’s length as an intellectual premise. That keeps us in control. Read more…

People follow church laws and regulations, social customs, cultural norms and family traditions. Much of the time they do so without even thinking because these standards are such a part of our living, and following these brings rewards and acceptance while failure to conform brings censure. So it is easier to ride the current than to examine expectations.

Jesus rebelled against such rules when the rules abused people or replaced God. Read more…

No matter how often I read about it I am shaken, startled, and saddened at the response of religious people to the work of God. Jesus healed a man speechless because of a demon of silence. When the man spoke the religious people (the ones who go to church service and sit on committees and contribute to new furnaces and a roof or two) condemned Jesus. Read more…