Americans often view happiness as a right. Thais even go as far as to try to measure happiness with the gross national happiness (GNH) index. Do these views really reflect reality? As I mentioned yesterday, last week’s sermon was certainly chock full of things to think about. One of these…
There’s a God-shaped hole in all of us And the restless soul is searching There’s a God-shaped hole in all of us And it’s a void only He can fill ~ Plumb, lyrics from God Shaped Hole What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that there was…
Don’t mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs. ~ Josh Billings This week’s sermon contained the above quote, and I think it is appropriate even more today than when it was spoken. Many people in our Western culture are busy pursuing happiness. However, when you really…
Cicero was quoted on the radio the other day as saying, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” I think that there is a lot of truth to that. While we should thankful throughout the year, Thanksgiving is a special time of…
Toi is back home. She arrived safe and sound. She actually got up and went to work this morning. I hope she can stay awake after the time change and jet lag. Having her home provides a certain level of peace and serenity. Or, at least it will until our…
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The Gnostics eschewed the physical. They believed that the “real” God was far above and untouched by His physical creation. In some ways, this attitude is perpetuated in modern mainstream Christianity. The trinity, for example, ensures that God is so different that we cannot relate to Him. Well, I actually…
It’s been one of those weeks. People who don’t know the Sabbath might look forward to their weekends, but I honestly believe only a few of them can really relate to the relief of coming to the end of a really hectic week. A relief because in just over 24…
1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and…
I just finished reading an excellent sermon by a Quaker minister, Pastor Tim Henry, on Associated Content. In “And He Lived Among Us: A Sermon Based on John 1:1-18”, Pastor Henry starts out giving us evidence that there is a God. Not just any God, but a logical God. In…