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April 12, 2019: The subject is God, through the simile (metaphor?) of my goldfish, Glenn. Glenn Gold. I think Glenn relates to me much the same way I relate to God. He only looks for me when he needs something, which is mostly when he’s hungry and wanting food. He needs a lot of otherContinue reading “ἸΧΘΥΣ Re-visited”

Our biggest problem is our view of death and suffering. We see death as the ultimate evil, the one thing most to be avoided, and the cause of ultimate sadness when it comes, which it always does, inevitably, to everything that ever lived or existed. We view suffering in a similar light, to be evadedContinue reading “Death and Suffering”

How can I believe the Bible when it contains so much that’s obviously not true? The Bible in its entirety is not true. It contains stories and statements that clearly aren’t true, and yet it also contains some of the most important truths of all. It’s like a gold-bearing stream. You have to sift throughContinue reading “What is Truth?”

There’s a famous painting, ‘His Master’s Voice’, by the English painter Francis Barraud. The subject of the painting is Barraud’s little mixed-breed terrier dog, Nipper, peering and listening intently into the horn of an early phonograph record player in the 1890s. For over a hundred years the image has been one of the most recognizedContinue reading “His Master’s Voice”

I have a friend who says the Earth is approximately 6,000 years old. My friend is a strong believer in Jesus, but that particular insistence and teaching of his about the age of the Earth is un-Christian. The reason it’s un-Christian is because it’s easily shown to be untrue. According to the Bible, Jesus said,Continue reading “Signal and Noise”

R.I.P. Glenn Gold – Dec 10, 2020: Tonight my girls and I said goodbye to an old friend. Seven years ago, my 13-year-old daughter was with some girlfriends at the mall. A group of boys ran up to them, held something out to my daughter, and said, “Here!” Before she knew what had happened, sheContinue reading “ἸΧΘΥΣ”