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What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

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Quick Thought on Gifts

Saturday, December 24th, 2005 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, Quick Thoughts | Comments Off

When I was a kid, I remember asking my Mom why we give gifts at Christmas. She told me it was because the wise men gave gifts to the baby Jesus. Of course, that was enough for me at the ...

Quick thought on Jesus

Sunday, June 26th, 2005 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, Quick Thoughts | Comments Off

Everyone wants to believe in Jesus, but no one wants to believe him.

The Apostle’s Creed

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, Spirituality | Comments Off

In The Church that Forgot Christ, Jimmy Breslin muses on the phrase "descended into hell," and accuses the Catholic Church of taking it out of the Nicene Creed when he wasn't looking. Of course, nothing of the sort occurred; he's ...

What is Church?

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, Spirituality | Comments Off

That's the question up for discussion at Symphonic recently. I find it an oddly distressing question to grapple with for several reasons. I guess first among those is church has sometimes been an uncomfortable environment for me. I've been involved ...

Writing the Unwritable

Sunday, April 17th, 2005 Posted in Jesus / Christianity, Spirituality | Comments Off

Susie Miller at Sojourn Ministries has an interesting post which brought back memories for me: why i write G-d.... Coincidentally(?), my friend Trev sent me something he'd written, also using "G-d" throughout. During most of my undergraduate years, ...