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Living (and dying) by God’s good Nature

Today when I read Ezekiel J. Emanuel’s article in the October edition of “The Atlantic” titled, “Why I Hope to Die at 75,” I knew there were others thinking along the same lines I do. ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Experience the fullness of this moment

By Leigh Waggoner “This moment” is all there is. And the moment that existed when you read that first sentence no longer is. Another moment – “this moment” is all there is. ...

DATE: Sep 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Here or Out There?

For so long, most of us raised in Christian churches were taught the notion that heaven and God were out there, and life here had little connection except that you’d better be good or you wo...

DATE: Aug 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Think on these things

I like to think of myself as a flexible and open person. Maybe I’m just open to new people and new ideas … not so much to new things. If I’d been born at the time when electri...

DATE: Jul 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

The freedom and foundation leading to faith is like a goat rodeo

A musical friend recently blogged about attending a concert of The Goat Rodeo. While I am familiar with some of the musicians that make up the group (Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan and...

DATE: Sep 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way