I had a lovely dinner with my Books & Culture editor John Wilson and his wife on Saturday evening. Wendy made the most fantastic meal–a delicious soup from Simply in Season (which reminded me to pull it out of my cookbook cupboard when I returned home!), the most savory fish-and-caper-over-rice meal, with a delicious side […]
Good and Evil
Question for today. If you believe in God, do you believe He sends us good and evil? We often credit Him with giving us good things–health, wealth, and love. But we hesitate, it seems to me, to say He sends us bad things. Why is that? While you’re thinking, here’s a verse to ruminate on. […]
Why Can’t We Be Good?
This is the most fascinating book. Needleman is a philosophy professor at San Francisco State University and the author of numerous books. This one drew my attention, because of the book I’m writing now. Needleman starts with a story, which you may have heard already. Bear with me. There are two men facing each other–a […]
Who Can Understand God?
Question for today. And I sincerely want feedback on this. This has been a wondering of mine for a long time. Do you believe that the only way to know God, truly know Him, is to learn the original languages of the various Bibles that have been handed down to us and to get the […]
There Is A God
Be prepared. Today’s post is long…but necessary, for me. Tomorrow, perhaps, I’ll have lighter fare, you poor dears. It’s only fair that I let you in on my thinking processes, since so recently (around Easter) I was asked to answer three important questions by Bing from Birmingham. I’ve been quite honest about the fact that […]