Looking for truth through fallible eyes
See is believing, right? Well, yes and no. I was talking with an elderly man who has been colorblind since, well, at least the 10th grade. That’s when they discovered it. When they showed his class the disk with the pixels and everyone else saw 9. He saw 27. He’s red-green colorblind which is, apparently, the […]
What is God-willing anyway?
“God-willing.” I hear it all the time. Sometimes I hear it from me. What is God-willing? And what have I got to do with it? Jesus taught us to pray, “Thy will be done…” But somehow we have adapted this as an in-case-it-doesn’t-happen strategy. I’m asking for this, specifically, but if it doesn’t come out the […]
The baton between believe and act
Do I believe myself when I say, “I believe God put me up to this?”
Love: A communal project
“If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a model is worth a thousand pictures.” What an interesting image that presents for me, a writer, who seeks to paint pictures with her words and a scientist, who seeks to put everything together as a working model. The man who shared this with me, it […]
Divine Design makes you wonder
Isn’t it funny that two things, set next to each, can look so similar? One under maximum magnification and the other via maximum minification. The images, out of context and with no indication of scale might be mistaken, one for the other. Neither one can I touch or manipulate. I just sit back and marvel […]
The Final Common Pathway
What if I trusted that any question I have God will answer using insight already placed within me?
10-4, Message Received
“Okay” “Understood” “Got your transmission.” That’s what today’s date means according to Urbandictionary.com. The expression, it says, came about in Citizens’ Band (CB) radio lingo where common phrases were represented in “ten codes.” They were often used by law enforcement officers for brevity and clarity of communication. I, of course, learned them on tv cop shows. Apparently, […]
Finding Comfort in the Blank Spaces
I can’t do everything. This is the dilemma I face most days. I take a look around at all that needs doing and think, “I can do that, and that, and that.” In the morning, I am very expansive. And quite undisciplined. That means that I see it all and I can do it all. […]
Go Beyond “You Just Have to Believe in Yourself”
I used to get really discouraged watching athletes interviewed after their winning performances, especially the young, amateur athletes like you see on the Olympics. The news correspondent would say: “So, how did you do it? What do you recommend for all those aspiring swimmers, ball players, dancers, etc. out there?” This was inevitably their response, […]
Can’t Believe Your Eyes? Ask to Touch
I think maybe Thomas, you know, the one we call doubting Thomas, was a Kinesthetic Christian. The one who said, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my fingers where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.” (John 20:25) (the “it” being that Jesus […]