“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • By What Authority? Advent Gospels – Day 4

    SolLuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons   12/1Matt. 21:23-32 When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things,… Continue reading

  • Come and See – Advent Gospels – Day 3

    SolLuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons   11/30John 1:35-42 The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God!" The two disciples… Continue reading

  • Who Is this? – Advent Gospels – Day 2

    SolLuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 11/29Matthew 21:1-11 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately… Continue reading

  • The Last Word – Advent Gospels – Day 1

    SolLuna, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons     11/28Luke 21:5-19 When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, "As for these things that you see, the… Continue reading

  • First Sunday of Advent – Be Alert

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  • The Problem of Evil and the Mercy of God

    By Dianelos Georgoudis – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, I have studied the problem of evil since I learned to think philosophically, psychologically, and theologically. I have all the easy answers in a short file. I have the really tough… Continue reading

  • The Dunning-Kruger Effect I don’t know much, but I do know enough to know that I suspect that I think that this might be right to the best of my knowledge :) Actually, we seem to often be pretty lazy… Continue reading

  • What Is Nothing? What are you thinking about?“Nothing.”Nothing?No. “Nothing.”  You can’t think about nothing.Is there nothing?Can we know nothing?If you can name it, it’s not nothing.No nothing.It is way to easy to avoid the void.Zero is merely no this or… Continue reading

  • Leaning and Seeing

    "We live with dying and we die with living. " "By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, leaning on top of his staff." – Hebrews 11:21 (NKJV) He worshiped, leaning …… Continue reading

  • Talking to Ourselves

      I wonder what I would tell this kid if I met him in some time-warped, celestial vestibule during a meet and greet.   Could I tell him anything?   Or should I just play dumb and let him figure… Continue reading

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