When it comes to the Christian sacrament of the Holy Supper, it’s all about eating and drinking. That’s true whether we look at it physically, philosophically, spiritually, or interpersonally. Though our observance of this sacrament is based on the Lord’s…
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Eat My Flesh, Drink My Blood
Tagged with: Christian beliefs, Christianity, Communion, Eucharist, food, food and drink, Holy Supper, Jesus Christ, Loaves and Fish, spiritual meaning, spirituality, The Last Supper
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Posted in The Bible Re-Viewed
Advanced Tech Brings Down American Plane in Border Skirmish
Okay, you’re right, that title is just a little bit exaggerated. The technology isn’t very advanced at all. It’s just a plastic device called a “Knee Defender.” But it did bring down a U.S. passenger plane. What? Well, yes, the…
Tagged with: border wars, boundaries, boundary issues, conflict, Knee Defender, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, power, struggle, technology, tragedy, United Airlines flight 1462, violence
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
From Literal Slavery to Spiritual Freedom
In Exodus 6:5–6, God said to Moses: I have heard the groaning of the Israelites whom the Egyptians are holding as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. Say therefore to the Israelites, “I am the Lord, and I will…
Robin Williams, 1951-2014
Annette and I are saddened to hear of the death of Robin Williams yesterday, August 11, 2014, at the age of 63. He was a great and compassionate soul. His humor lightened the lives of millions of people around the…
Tagged with: angels, comedy, death, depression, heaven, hell, Robin Williams, Robin Williams 1951-2014, Robin Williams suicide, suicide, What Dreams May Come
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering, The Afterlife
Posted in Current Events, Pain and Suffering, The Afterlife
Why does God Keep it a Secret until it’s Too Late?
Do any of these sound a little too familiar? You work hard toward something you’ve set your heart on, but no matter what you do, you just can’t achieve it. You start a project with high hopes, everything goes wrong,…
God Proposes, but Man Disposes . . . and God Re-Composes
In his 15th century devotional classic, The Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471) famously wrote: Man proposes, but God disposes The general idea is that we humans can make whatever plans we want, but in the end, God is…
Tagged with: evil, love, Man proposes but God disposes, Man proposes God disposes, materialism, selfishness, service, spiritual rebirth, spirituality, suffering, The Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis, work
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
It’s not fair that God made some people incredibly beautiful, and others just average!
Here’s a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named Kimberly: How come some people are blessed with beauty, while others aren’t as beautiful aesthetically? I guess I feel it’s unfair, how God made some…
Tagged with: beautiful people, beauty, beauty in heaven, fairness, inner beauty, love, physical beauty, relationships, sex, spiritual beauty, spirituality, ugliness, ugly people
Posted in Spiritual Growth
Posted in Spiritual Growth
What does it Mean to Minister? Michael Sulsona’s Story
These days, when we hear the word “minister,” we’re likely to think of a preacher in a pulpit delivering a sermon to a church full of people. Or we may think of a top government official such as the Prime…
Tagged with: business, good deeds, helping others, Lowe's Home Improvement, Marines, Michael Sulsona, ministry, random acts of kindness, service, Staten Island, veterans, wheelchair, work
Posted in Current Events
Posted in Current Events
How can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People? Part 4
Click here for Part 1 of this article. Click here for Part 2 of this article. Click here for Part 3 of this article. It’s time to face the music. It’s time to get busy and struggle with our faith.…
Tagged with: Caesar, compassion, death, evil, faith, God, natural disasters, pain, spirituality, suffering, temptations, when bad things happen to good people
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
Posted in Pain and Suffering, Spiritual Growth
How can we have Faith when So Many Bad Things happen to So Many Good People? Part 3
Click here for Part 1 of this article. Click here for Part 2 of this article. Part 2 dealt with God’s eternal perspective in creating and governing the universe and the people in it. One of the points made there…
Tagged with: death, Divine Providence, evil, God, grieving, natural disasters, pain, suffering, the problem of evil, violence, war
Posted in Pain and Suffering
Posted in Pain and Suffering
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