Re-examining Our Assumptions About God
A Skeptic’s Guide to God
You might find this strange. Strange about me, that is. I am a person of deep faith, a Christian. Raised in the Church since childhood, surrounded by family, teachers, community, and even a nation for whom God was absolutely real, I grew up never questioning the reality of God. Here is the strange part, though:…
How a Kitten Taught Me to Connect With God
One afternoon when I was four years-old, my mother settled me in the overstuffed living room chair. “Now sit quietly. Think of your toy boat on the water. Or the clock over there. Just let yourself become still.” I concentrated on the mantel clock with its slow, repetitive sound, as though it said tick-clock, and then clock,…
How We Are Connected in Time
As shadows spread across the floor and little breaths of air move the curtains, I begin to stir in my bed. I sense my connection to all the ones who ever were alive and striving to grapple with the many challenges of existing on this planet, our Earth. Surely there are many things we have…
Re-examining Our Assumptions About God
Have you ever tiptoed into someone’s room when they are asleep? There is something unsettling and a bit frightening. The room is filled with shadow, and the sleeping person is a different version of themselves. It is as though we have sidestepped into another world. For a moment, it is nearly as though we have…
A Five Year-Old’s Shout to God
One summer evening when I was five, I went to my room. The window was open. The air was still, and there was the occasional yellow smudge of a lightning bug in the darkness, out there in the yard. Occasionally, a small beetle would fly into the window screen with a plunk. The light was…
Mrs. Harbor’s Delicate Boats
I remember Old Central School in Middlesboro, KY with its high ceilings and tall windows looking out on a playground covered in tiny rocks. Cinders from the coal furnace that heated the school in winter were scattered near rusted oil drums converted to trash barrels. On this day in late September, yellow jackets hover around…