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 →
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 →
What Belongs To Us
When I worked in substance abuse counseling, I quickly learned the difficulties involved. People in early recovery can be grumpy, horny, enjoy power struggles, and frequently fail to make it beyond the word “early.” In my five years as a counselor in an outpatient clinic, I saw one client three different times. On his fourth... Continue Reading →
Love Is A Verb
Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he/she incurred the disorder. -Ambrose Bierce In his book, The Devil’s Dictionary, Mr. Bierce classifies love as a noun, since it identifies a type of mental disorder. People in love have an illness typified by transitory... Continue Reading →