My Struggle with God

What does having a personal relationship with God really mean? Do we resort to personal words, denoting human relationships, when we should make sure our language and our very mindset has dwelled on what it means to worship a Being fully the other? Do we use religion to fill up our minds in an effort to make sure the most pressing questions are not asked by our intuition, our searching souls?

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Fighting Fire with Fire

Today, our response to the fear of terrorism takes place within the scope of approval for state sponsored assassinations, a much freer hand in launching counter-terrorism activities in sovereign nations, and a willingness to sacrifice certain personal liberties in the name of collective safety. But as each of these freedoms is sacrificed it must pass a basic test - unfortunately a test that will probably not be required of it.

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Be a Part of Something Bigger Than Yourself

Thoughts and reflections from our recent trip with Feed the Children to Romania.

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July 2004 Bookshelf

July is a broad combination of books covering everything from eschatology to theonomy to a reading from Christianity's Apostolic Fathers. Two wonderful books - Beginning to Pray and God First Loved Us are must reads. Two excellent books by Noam Chomsky also for July.

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About MysteriousFaith

“If anyone can show me, and prove to me, that I am wrong in thought or deed, I will gladly change. I seek the truth, which never yet hurt anybody. It is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance which does harm.”

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