Living Happily Under God’s Authority

The Christian God is a God who claims authority over our lives.  That’s an unattractive way to start a post, isn’t it? (I will propose that God’s authority brings beauty at the end of this piece!) But really, we see his authority from the opening chapters of the...

The Good Place

Bill and I just finished watching The Good Place, all four seasons.  It is a comedy about four humans who die and go to the good place, or so they are told when they arrive.  One of them, Eleanor Shellstrop, immediately realizes that she did not deserve to be there,...

“He Gets Us”

Bill and I subscribed to Peacock in February, so that we could watch the Olympics and the Super Bowl.  One by-product of watching both is getting to see the commercials.  I always notice the commercials about Jesus, with the tag line “He Gets Us.”  All of the ones I...

Imagine Heaven!

I just finished reading Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God’s Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You, by John Burke.  Although I read a variety of different types of books and perspectives, this is not a book I would have chosen for myself.  I...

The Rhythm of Trouble

In my last post, I wrote about living flexibly, in order to be useful.  Since then circumstances have forced me to consider another challenge to my flexibility, which is trouble or difficulty.  Trouble can take many forms.   One difficulty for me is from my own...