Living in a World Where We Embrace Our Mortality

by | May 19, 2011 | Opinion

Picture a world where, at birth, you are hurled off a cliff – a really, really high cliff, so that it takes a lifetime to reach the bottom. You would “grow up” on the way down (if you can imagine such a thing) moving through the stages of infancy,...

How God Answers Our Question About Death

by | Apr 11, 2011 | Opinion

The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have not only shaken the world, they’ve shaken a lot of people’s faith. “How could a good and loving God allow such a thing to happen?” they ask. It’s the oldest question in the theology book. If there...

Realizing You’re Not the Center of the Universe

by | Mar 8, 2011 | Opinion

I once had a visit from a man who told me his wife was leaving him, but he didn’t know why. I didn’t know why either. He was good-looking, successful, a regular churchgoer who appeared to be devoted to his wife and children. But now she was leaving him,...

The Joke’s on Them: Denominations in Heaven

by | Oct 12, 2010 | Opinion

I found this version of an old joke that you’ve probably heard before: A man arrives at the gates of heaven. St. Peter asks, “Religion?” The man says, “Methodist.” St. Peter looks down his list and says, “Go to Room 24, but be very...