I used to spend time just sitting and thinking.  Did you?  I’d get a cup of tea, and lounge on the sofa, and stare out the window.  All kinds of thoughts would flow through my mind.  Soon, I would notice something beautiful – the way light bounced around among leaves blown by a breeze; or [...]

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Reading the creation story in Genesis, I suddenly pictured myself tucked safely under God’s arm, watching as He worked, day by day calling more and more of His universe into being.  “Let there be light,” He said.  Now, I can conceive of utter darkness, no-light.  But what would it be, from eternal darkness, when there [...]

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Thinking about earthquakes.  The devastation in Haiti  and the suffering that is going on there make it hard to countenance my concerns with the petty issues of my own life right now.  What should be my response?  What can be my response?  Isn’t it odd, how our lives seem to be layered with different kinds [...]

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