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Are We Connected?
Read more: Are We Connected?How connected are we? Do your actions, thoughts, feelings, have an effect on me even if I am unaware (or on the other side of the world)? Is my existence bound within the existence of other human beings, or are we simply sharing the same planet for a period of time? Connections between people, particularly […]
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Is Hell Real?
Read more: Is Hell Real?Because sometimes the people of God need a basic lesson in the nature of existence… On one of the roads leading into my small city a billboard has recently appeared. It is part of a larger campaign by a nationally known evangelist who is to have a revival in Knoxville. The sign is simple. In […]
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Spiritual…but not…
Read more: Spiritual…but not…It has become a commonplace to hear someone say, “I’m spiritual but not religious.” Most people have a general understanding of what is meant. I usually assume that the person holds to a number of ideas that are considered “spiritual” in our culture, but that they are not particularly interested in “organized religion.” I understand […]
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The God Who Is No God
Read more: The God Who Is No GodMy mind has been returning lately to this article as I think about issues between Christianity and the State. It has become an increasingly common legal opinion in the Western world that religion is an inward belief, a private matter. At the same time it has used this understanding to restrict various expressions of belief. […]
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Obstacles to Faith
Read more: Obstacles to FaithMy writing and thoughts often carry me to the “edges” – to the edge of unbelief and to the edge of the depths of belief. My instinct for these places is an instinct for the obstacles to faith. Why do some believe and others not? And what is the exact nature of belief and unbelief? […]
atheism, Communion, Conversion, Existence, Knowledge of God, Modernity, Orthodox Christianity, Secularism, The Sacraments, Union with God
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Pentecost and Creation
Read more: Pentecost and CreationEarth is a wondrous place – no matter where we go – how deep, how far, how high, how hot, how inhospitable – in this place we find life. Everywhere we look on our nearest neighbor – Mars – we find – no life. We want to find life. We hope to find life. We […]
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Modern Loneliness and Staying Put
Read more: Modern Loneliness and Staying PutThis article is among the first written for the blog. There is something to be said for the blog itself having “stayed put.” The internet is an ephemeral creation. I hope to be providing a stable platform for learning, for questioning, for conversation. With a few emendations, I offer this reprint. That the article is […]
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What Matters Now
Read more: What Matters NowIn October of 2006 I wrote the first article for this blog. The second article written is the short set of paragraphs offered in italics below. It was a sober beginning – written mostly for myself – stating what matters. Time has passed. The blog now has about a million views a year. It has […]
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Fr. Stephen, you said “That’s pretty much the best I can do to explain what I’m thinking in all of…
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Hello Margaret Sarah. I look forward to Fr. Stephen´s response to your observations and questions. For me, I would counter…
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Thanks so much Fr. Stephen for your response to Margaret Sarah. It has helped me.