Tag Archives: afterlife
One of the main reasons young people leave the church is because doubt is demonized and questions are discouraged. Instead of filling a sincere intellectual hole with Holy cement the church puts hazard tape around it and warns young people to not get too close. Do we think that God is that fragile? Are we afraid…..
We Christians are frequently criticized for claiming that Jesus is the only way to salvation. Our critics find it abhorrent that they would be denied their God given right to shop the divine real estate market for their dream afterlife home. The problem is they have become so enamored choosing a designer house they haven’t bothered to check out the…..
The vast majority of us believe in an afterlife. We all fret over our earthly trail of tears but simultaneously anticipate a heavenly joyride. The path, however, isn’t a straight shot from blah to bliss. As we make our way to the top of cemetery hill we will encounter a “Cross” roads where we must make a decision. We…..
Isn’t it interesting that the only time we’re able to sit still for our life portraits is when we’re dead? Instead of carefully painting them ourselves we end up handing the brush and palette to a pastor, family member, or friend. We spend a lifetime carefully writing the story of our lives and then abruptly ask others to create a…..
My mental sky is gray, seemingly apathetic to its ordained task of separating the dark from the light. Despondent, the clouds burst open and a tsunami of tears drenches my soul with sadness. Questions of significance, meaning, and purpose, like torrential rain breech the levies of my inadequate emotional aqueduct, and the usually peaceful valleys of my existence become flooded with despair. I find myself mystically transported to a graveyard where I sit cross-legged staring at my own tombstone. I…..
