Category Archives: Spiritual stuff

Book Review: The Promise of Despair

Posted on April 19, 2014 by me

The Promise of Despair may not be the best title.  It probably won’t attract the same crowd that bought any of those “stories my kid made up about heaven” books, and some will assume it’s another “you’re not suffering enough … Continue reading →

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Whatever became of sin?

Posted on June 6, 2011 by me

In 1973 Dr. Karl Menninger wrote a little book with the provocative title, Whatever Became of Sin?, in which he questioned the disappearance of right and wrong from psychiatry. It was a good question in 1973, and it’s a good … Continue reading →

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Deitrich Bonhoeffer on certainty

Posted on March 6, 2011 by me

What is certain is that we are always allowed to live in the nearness of and under the presence of God. What is certain is that this life God has made available for us is a completely new life. For … Continue reading →

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Advent Sunday, Anglican style

Posted on November 28, 2010 by me

From the 1662 Book of Common Prayer: Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which thy … Continue reading →

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