God Blogs

We have never needed peace and peacemakers more than today. We need peace within us, peace between us and others, and peace in the world. We may not be able to bring peace to the world, but what about peace to our little corner of the world? Of all those disciples who came after Jesus, […]

It’s a challenge to explain forgiveness to a six-year-old. I recently attempted just that. Fortunately, he was a very bright boy, who really wanted an answer he could grasp and apply. He had difficulty knowing how to forgive himself, and what he had to do in order to receive the forgiveness of God. And so, […]

For some gifts we should ever be thankful. Gifts such as life itself, love and above all, God; gifts showered upon us in sheer grace; gifts we never have to pay for, as if we ever could. Truly, in the beginning is the gift. As the intention within the heart of God, the gift comes […]

To believe or not to believe, that is a vexing question for so many today. Is there a God? If so, how can we know or experience that God? If so, what kind of God is there? Which has to come first, faith or knowledge? Possibly for the majority of “modern” persons, raised on science […]

What if it turns out that the desire for God and the desire for love are really one and the same desire? Note that I said the desire for “God,” not the desire for the possible benefits of a relationship with God, such as comfort and peace, healing and salvation. These are the kinds of […]

One of the greatest questions since the discovery that the earth revolved around the sun, and that the universe is far vaster than had been previously imagined is simply, “Where is God?” This is as significant a question as whether God exists. What if God does not “exist” in this universe, but rather in a […]