My thoughts

It is contrary to our nature to invite criticism. I know I don’t like it when someone points out an apparent or potential flaw in my thinking. None of us want to think that we may be wrong. In fact, we go to great lengths to protect our perceived "rightness". For the Christian, this may be one of the great ironies . Over the past several months I’ve had an ongoing conversation with a friend who is of the agnostic/atheistic persuasion. Our conversation (carried out on line, through email and Facebook) can get pretty contentious at times but usually ends (for the time being) with a smiley face or a light-hearted bit of humor. This is, of course, necessary to express the…

This simple three word phrase made popular by our current President, may not be as simple as it seems. All peoples of the world would like to have hope. Hope for a better life, hope for good health, hope for a bright future for them and their children. Hope for peace. Hope for cures for all the diseases in the world. I could not agree more. Only a cold, unfeeling, irrational person would not wish for this little phrase to be true, when defined as I just did. However, all sayings, even the ones that on the surface sound good and compassionate and rational, do not apply to all things. Sometimes the noblest notions can be completely wrong when miss-applied. For instances…