Love is a creative power. It is the unseen symmetry that formed chaos into structure, brought life out of the indeterminate, and summoned consciousness from ether. The generative power of love is the reason living things are found in every nook and crevice of the Earth. Humans can’t live 30,000 feet below the surface of... Continue Reading →
Love Is Learned
Since love lies at the foundation of life, all humans possess the capacity to love, but love itself is learned. We’re born able to breathe, not love. Love is developed as we learn to be less important and self-involved. This is not easy for us, since being self-important and self-involved is the frame of mind... Continue Reading →
Simple Truth 1
God is love. God is love. Truths don’t get any simpler or more packed with significance. As the defining characteristic of the Creator, love is the basis for everything that exists. Within all the turmoil and pain, dig down far enough and you’ll discover love. I believe “God is love” to be the three most... Continue Reading →
Simple Truths
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” -Albert Einstein The most important truths are the simplest ones. They are the ones that scientists refer to as “elegant.” Elegant truths find the common denominator behind a variety of different effects and express that commonality in a formula or phrase. Simple truths are... Continue Reading →
Awe: The Key to Wisdom
“The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of God brings understanding..” Proverbs 9: 10 When I was in my early teens, I remember standing outside on a summer night and looking up at the stars. The sky was crystal-clear, without any clouds, and the Milky Way seemed extra bright, points of... Continue Reading →
Satan
When I was a little kid, the personification of evil was the Wicked Witch of the West. The first time I watched The Wizard of Oz, she terrified me. The image dates back to the 15th century and the witchcraft trials that lasted for three hundred years. An ugly woman dressed in black, covered in... Continue Reading →
The Mystery of Evil
It is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil comes. -Jesus One of the great mysteries in the Bible is the existence of evil. Why is there evil in creation and why do people do evil things? Why does injustice seem built into the fabric of the world? For Christians, who believe that... Continue Reading →
Love’s Opposite
There is no fear in love. – 1 John 4: 18 We underestimate the importance of fear. In the positive sense, fear can protect us from harm and catastrophe. Positive fear is what prevents us from driving drunk or shooting people we dislike. It’s the type of fear that was missing the night my teenaged... Continue Reading →
Doomed
“Do you think humanity is doomed?” – Kate, Singapore“Yes.” – Nick Cave, Melbourne[i] There are days I agree with Mr. Cave. He’s an astute observer of the human species, whose closest primate relatives are the sociopaths known as chimpanzees. According to ethnobiologist Melvin Konner, if chimpanzees had invented hand grenades there wouldn’t be any more... Continue Reading →
Unmeasurable Possibilities
Many years ago, I visited several times with a man named Edgar Jackson. Edgar was a pastor, a research scientist in behavioral pathology, and a published authority on grief. He was also a mystic and spiritual healer. Experiences that many people dismiss as nonsense were commonplace for Edgar, and he used the rigor of a... Continue Reading →