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What is the meaning of our lives? Give it some thought.| Christian Apologetics
The beginning of the first amendment to the United States Constitution reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”. We will focus on the “prohibiting the free exercise” element. The present difficulty is that historic,| Gentle Reformation
If you want to mature, you’re going to have to suffer. Actually, that’s not quite right. You are going to suffer, that’s the nature of life under the sun. Some of that will be petty, some of it will be serious, and (heaven-forfend) some of it will be so psychologically scarring that you’ll be getting… Continue reading Maturity Will Hurt→| nuakh
What is the meaning of our lives? Give it some thought.| Christian Apologetics
One of my faithful parishioners lost her daughter to a heart attack; I did not see her at church for many weeks after the tragedy. She had been a frequent daily Mass attendee and never missed a Sunday. She even served and sang in the choir during many of the weekend Masses. When I asked […]| Catholic Exchange
Christian lament interprets pain by grieving for what lies underneath, and it longs for a better day under the rule and reign of Christ. And that is why to cry is human, but to lament is Christian. The post Lament Tunes the Heart appeared first on College Park Church.| College Park Church
We can cry out to God in our human pain, and we can do so with a hope that one day God will make everything right. In our lament, we can still trust. The post Remember the Past in Present Lament appeared first on College Park Church.| College Park Church
We don’t like the mess we have gotten ourselves into. This is a fact of life. The lie of the snake in the Garden was that we could make ourselves […] The post Make Your Complaint and Thank Him appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
God trains us through waiting. On the day I started writing this post, I was waiting for God to answer a prayer. You see, Trudi and I have been leading up a residential discipleship community of Ch…| Kindle Afresh
In his thirteenth letter1, “On groundless fears”, Seneca the Younger2 writes to Lucilius about, predictably, human fear and how we, often without sufficient grounds, are affraid of that which is yet to come.| Jayson Salazar Rodriguez | @jdsalaro | Blog
As a small child, I loved to pick Queen Anne’s Lace that grew wild. My mother would let me put it into a jar of water, but not before she added a bit of red food coloring. I knew that soon our little “experiment” would produce a pink flower instead of white. But more than... The post Parents . . . Feeling Isolated? appeared first on Harvest USA.| Harvest USA
by Al Weir, MD “But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children” (Psalm 103:17, NIV).| Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
An objection against trying to reduce suffering is that we cannot predict whether our actions will reduce or increase suffering in the long term. Relatedly, some have argued that we are clueless about the effects that any realistic action would have on total welfare, and this cluelessness, it has been claimed, undermines our reason to... Continue Reading →| Magnus Vinding
It is sometimes claimed that we cannot know whether suffering is ontologically prevalent — for example, we cannot rule out that suffering might exist in microorganisms such as bacteria, or even in the simplest physical processes. Relatedly, it has been argued that we cannot trust common-sense views and intuitions regarding the physical basis of suffering.... Continue Reading →| Magnus Vinding
by Matthew C. Harrison “We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame” (Rom. 5:3–5). Do you ever feel like quitting? Quitting friends? Quitting family? Quitting a class? Quitting sports? Quitting school? Quitting church? Quitting life? Of course you have. We all have, and the reasons vary. Life is painful and complicated. It’s a good thing to get out of toxic s...| The Lutheran Witness
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. (Psalm 23:2) While it is true that we all have experienced what we might call "a good day" -- when the children are behaving, the sun is shining, our body is healthy, our spouse is agreeable -- these blessings from our benevole| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
Lately, much of my time has been going towards learning how to write screenplays and research on the subject of the story, which explains the lack of posts. The story will be set in the era of the …| Medieval Otaku
Last month I visited a family member in Saint Petersburg, Florida. When I was out walking in the neighborhood, I saw signage for a shop that piqued my curiosity. It offered cannabis products, which…| Letters to Creationists
How do I know if I am self-righteous? I’m concerned with Christian counselees that are focused on their own good deeds, but don’t realize it. For this blog I’m defining self-righteousness as the belief that I have earned some favor with God through my behavior, character, thoughts, or deeds. So how would I know if I’m self-righteous? What would one symptom be?| kraigkeck.com
In Philippians 1:29-30 Paul states: “For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, since you are going through the same struggle y…| The Slasher Pastor
The relationship of suffering and personal growth is misunderstood. Saying to avoid suffering forgets that suffering is our greatest teacher.| Self Employed
SUMMARY This article discusses a number of topics which may help in understanding the prophecies in the book of Daniel. These topics include the date and authorship of the book, its thematic structure, the Near Eastern historical events to which … Continue reading →| Letters to Creationists
The American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) is an organization of evangelical Christians who are degreed scientists and who gather to discuss how their science and their faith interact. The 2024 annual meeting of the ASA was held in late July on … Continue reading →| Letters to Creationists
Challenging Homophobia: Championing Freedom, Faith and Sex-Based Rights| LGB Christians
Identity is a prison, and yet it is - absurdly - a prison that we’re very proud of, a prison that we will defend to the bitter end. Identity means that ‘I am this but not that,’ and the thing about this is that ‘what we say we are’ has…| Intrinsicspace.me
Whether to push for an AI pause is a hotly debated question. This post contains some of my thoughts on the issue of AI pause and the discourse that surrounds it. Contents The motivation for an AI p…| Magnus Vinding
I told my husband last week, “It’s just as hard to tell people you have cancer as it is to find out you have cancer in the first place.” So, let me take a deep breath and say: I h…| Occupy M.E.
I’m sure that God’s reasons for allowing us or asking us to walk through a difficult time are as varied as the number of souls on this earth, but no matter the reason and no matter if or when we learn what the reason is, we can trust that the reason is there.| This Catholic Family
The Three Marks or The Three Basic Facts of Existence In Buddhism, the Three Marks of Existence are three characteristics shared by all sentient beings, namely impermanence (anicca), suffering or unsatisfactoriness (dukkha), and non-self (anatta). Annica – Impermanence – Nothing ever stays the same, and change is often painful in some way. You fall in love with your . . . → Read More: Three Marks of Existence| Daily Buddhism
A reader wrote in: I just got through reading about the five precepts. Whew. There are some tough ideas in there to try to put into practice. If the idea of not watching my favorite reality television show causes me great suffering, shouldn’t I watch it? I say this half-joking. I don’t think that there is anything . . . → Read More: Reality TV and the Fifth Precept| Daily Buddhism
A reader wrote in: It’s said in Buddhism that the way to happiness is not to escape or avoid pain, but to just “stay.” I recently decided to leave my job because I felt I was being treated poorly, and also because every day each task I was given felt insurmountable because I so badly . . . → Read More: Planning for the Future and Being in the Now| Daily Buddhism
Thou didst hide thy face, I was dismayed To thee, O Lord, I cried; and to the Lord I made supplication: “What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise thee? Will it tell of thy faithfulness? Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to Me! O […]| Manifest Propensity
A testimony to a life integrated by grace and dedicated to love.| Truth & Love
I would briefly like to bring up a topic that many have asked about as relationships in their lives change over time — loneliness. An acquaintance of mine from my seminary studies, Fr. Peregrine O.Praem., a canon at St. Michael’s Abbey in Silverado, California, has recently offered a wonderful lecture on loneliness, that I highly […]| Truth & Love
The woodcut by Michael Ostendorfer of the Pilgrimage to the New Church at Regensburg, made around the year 1519, preserves the memory of the medieval performance of votive dedication. Devotees wou…| Sight+Signs
“Walk independently of self, and straight to God. What is anything, when you think of Eternity, except a means to get there; so laugh at everything, and go on in God’s name.” Re…| Lilias Trotter
The psychological appeal of salient events and risks can be a major hurdle to optimal altruistic priorities and impact. My aim in this post is to outline a few reasons to approach our intuitive fas…| Magnus Vinding
