June 28, 2016 Is Militant Islam the actual Cause of Terrorism? Muslim Extremism Not The Cause of Suicide Terrorism Recently, our television screens have been filled with images of bloodshed, destruction and death in places…
June 6, 2016 Religious Conversion Religious Conversion This article, published in The Economist (one of the great magazines out in the world, by the way) discusses the fraught issue…
May 30, 2016 What is Ramadan? Ramadan is not a holiday, but a holy month. It is the ninth month of the Muslim year, in which “the Qur’an was sent…
May 22, 2016 Where God Resides The Room Within On that bright day so long ago Jesus was speaking directly to us when he said: “I will not leave you…
May 21, 2016 Sin? What is Sin? Contrary to popular understanding, sin does not consist of a catalogue of “bad behavior,” rather it is a state of being;…
May 5, 2016 Is Heaven Real? What is Heaven? There are at least four major strands of thought in the Bible and in Christian tradition contributing to contemporary notions of…
May 1, 2016 Some thoughts about immortality The Bird of Paradise: A Meditation on Immortality “In my Father’s house there are many mansions,” said Jesus. ‘If it were not so, I…
April 28, 2016 The Absurd Cost of Death and Dying We lost our beloved “mother,” Lela Nelson Rhodes, following a long illness, several weeks ago. She was a very wise, loving and wonderful woman. …
April 10, 2016 Running With the Wind Several years ago, I began a regular discipline of long distance running, for health and well-being. Running is now a focal point of my spiritual…
