Beauty as a signpost to God

Recently while watching an episode of “Call the midwife” I became aware of something a particular segment of the show had produced in me; the recognition of a beautiful moment. In the episode a baby had been born extremely malformed and would certainly die soon after birth. Some of the hospital staff placed the baby…

Eli

“I have some questions about the Bible and I was wondering if you would meet with me for breakfast and give me your thoughts about it?” The man who asked that question was Eli Keeran and it seemed utterly ridiculous to me he would ask such a thing. Eli was a board member of the…

The Elements of Faith

Hamlet Act III Scene 1- “To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis Nobler in the mind to suffer the Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune, Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, and by opposing end them: To die, to sleep No more; and by a sleep, to…

Can I vote my conscience

Recently I came across an article published on whether Christians should vote their conscience. The piece, http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/you-cannot-vote-your-conscience suggested that Christians should not vote their conscience because it isn’t really a guide but a reporter of what God has put there.  The writers’s main point was that we should vote how God would have us vote, and not…

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! ”All that is gold does not glitter”  JRR Tolkien