Change your mind…change you!
Is your mind the same thing as your brain? Well, your brain is an organ; your mind isn’t. Which sounds crazy, but there you have it. To which neuroscientists reply,…
Category: A prophetic word
Relationship or religion?
Following Christ should be deleted from the list of world religions, because it’s not a religion. Following Jesus cannot be defined by the practice of sacraments. Anyone can practice them.…
Christian or Christ-follower?
I avoid the word “Christian” when talking about the church, because the word has become meaningless. According to the Pew Research Center, 65 percent of American adults describe themselves as…
The Tree of Knowledge is still alive, tempting . . . and deadly
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our…
Some thoughts about prayer
I’ve said before that prayer does not make you a Christ-follower. But, if you are a Christ-follower, prayer makes you an increasingly better one, because it makes you more and…
An amazing adventure
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”2564″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The church has been devolving for centuries, closing in on itself, becoming less the living body of Christ and more a religious organization. Those who have seen…
Hail ye hollow men!
We are the hollow men We are the hollow men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless. T. S.…
God is the enemy of a good plan
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”2441″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]“The greatest enemy of a good plan,” said business magnate Jack Bogle, “is the dream of a perfect plan. Stick to the good plan.”[1] Which is fine for…
Role playing
In theater, a cue is a signal for an actor to do or say something or an instruction for a technician or stage hand. A line is spoken, which cues…
The world’s not ending quite yet
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”2355″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]CNN wrote a piece today about a psychic who claimed back in 2008 that “around 2020, a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs…