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Paradise Lost

Blink! There are some things that we see and understand in the blink of an eye. Intuitively. These include many spiritual insights: presence, peace, love, care, yearning, joy. These require no rational explanations. We only need to look deeply into … Continue reading

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The Empty Tomb

When I was young, I would imagine the Resurrection as one very dramatic event. It must have begun as a rumbling on the ground, that soon turned into an earthquake. Then there was a sound and an intense light coming … Continue reading

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My God Is Here

God is the Lord of the Unexpected. The Master of the Paradoxical. The Sovereign of what is Contradictory. He created Light out of darkness by His simple Word. He drew Life from inert elements. He writes straight with crooked lines. … Continue reading

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The Evil Among Us

There is evil in the world and it is alive and active in many places, among many people, in many different events. It feels like reason and even basic common sense have fled human hearts and have turned us all … Continue reading

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The Hike That Is My Life

When we hike, we usually do a loop. It never fails that my favorite quote from TS Eliot comes to mind, “We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for … Continue reading

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Seek And Find

Seek and you shall find. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. We seek what we … Continue reading

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HOW And WHY Questions

People often confuse ‘HOW’ questions with ‘WHY’ questions. ‘HOW’ questions deal with process, procedures, methods, plans, strategies, descriptions. ‘WHY’ questions, on the other hand, imply intentionality, reason, cause, motive, purpose. The recent super blue blood moon had many people looking … Continue reading

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Encountering God

History is often written about and around great personages and great events. It would be interesting to re-read history from the perspective of the ‘small people’ in a story or event: a great battle from the POV of a foot … Continue reading

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Growing Old and The Last Jedi

I have always been a Star Wars fan. Not a fan-atic one though. A lot has been said, written and posted about the latest episode, “The Last Jedi”. Real fans called it the best Star Wars film so far. Critics … Continue reading

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Boon Or Bane?

Today, I read the story of a dutiful son who took care of his mother with Alzheimer’s disease. It was a very touching and poignant story. People with Alzheimer’s lose their memories due to the gradual degeneration of the brain. … Continue reading

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