I Don't Trust Myself
I enjoy philosophy (love of wisdom). As an engineer, I appreciate the value of systems and processes. But where is the wisdom rooted? How pure is the aim?
Eternal Life
Posts on eternal life: what we hope for and what we're made for.
Face to Face and Side by Side
Some interactions are face-to-face. Your attention's on me, and I'm focused on you. Other times we're side-by-side, looking at the same thing and sharing our thoughts about it.
Cost of Ownership
Some cars have a high cost of ownership. But people happily buy them for a particular lifestyle.
The Interpretive Key
Have you noticed Christians use the same language, from the same texts, yet seem so different? Mother Teresa and the Crusaders. Domination and withdrawal. Prosperity and asceticism.
Ground Cloud
The fog of suffering and injustice is disconcerting. It's confusing and disorienting. We hear sounds we can't place: accusation, condemnation, ridicule, disaffiliation, dehumanization.
Your Roots Are Showing
The life that I bring to the world can only be found in my attachment to Christ. His presence with me is essential.
God is Near
Attention to God's with-ness would certainly form my dependency, my heart, and my behavior.
To Know God and Make Him Known
With God, we experience an eternal kind of life, and we invite others to experience that life with us. Oh, what joy!
The Ponds are Low
Ponds dry up. Forests and fields turn to tinder. It's easy to miss when the weather's so nice.
About & More
Think of people you know about: sports figures, performers, business leaders, politicians, people in gossip columns or the rumor mill.
Sillage
Sillage in perfume refers to the trail created by a perfume when it is worn on the skin. It comes from the word in French for "wake" and can best be described as how a fragrance diffuses "in a person's wake," or, behind the wearer as they move.
The Most Famous Verse
Whoever believes in (has faith in, trusts) God's Son shall have eternal life.