It’s no mistake that several of my posts in the last week have been about waiting and playing. Can you tell ideas are percolating? It’s true. They have to simmer a while before I can put an outline down…then put pen to paper (or fingers to the keyboard). I’m still stuck on bits of that […]
In Praise of Doubt
The second book I’ve read recently is Peter Berger and Anton Zijderveld’s In Praise of Doubt: How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic. Both authors are sociologists; Zijderveld holds an additional doctorate in philosophy. There are a plethora of great thoughts in the book; however, in this small space, I’ll highlight only a few […]
I Just Don’t Understand God Sometimes
Okay, so I’ve promised you I would take you along (drag you along?) on my journey of learning and discovery, and as I’ve just started Christopher J. H. Wright’s The God I Don’t Understand (I know, I know, I was supposed to be reading this all along, but with so many summer events intervening, I […]
Questioning Religion
More thoughts on David Dark’s The Sacredness of Questioning Everything. Previous thoughts are here. Dark defines “religion” a little differently than I think most of us refer to it as, and that is as a “calling out.” Meaning, it’s how you live your life, day to day. So, religion can be anything, not just…well, the […]
Questioning God
So, I’ve begun the book I mentioned yesterday, The Sacredness of Questioning Everything by David Dark. Can I just say he starts off with a bang…and I was hooked after the first page? I hope Dark’s okay with me quoting long passages from the book. You need to read this book if you’re continually wondering […]