What if the words “God” and “life” are interchangeable? Wouldn’t that make for an extraordinary spiritual cosmology? The implications are–if it’s possible to imagine this–more than enormous. They’re staggering, earth shaking, paradigm-shattering. This is because everyone knows what is true about life. Everyone may not know what is true about God, but everyone knows what…

What if God does not want something from humans, but only exists to give something to humans? On this Sunday I invite you to consider that somewhat radical thought. And what if what God wants to give to humans is exactly what humans want? Nothing more, and nothing less. Now I know that this runs…

Yesterday the high court in Connecticut overturned the ban on gay marriage there. It said that the State’s constitution did not permit the State Government to refuse to grant marriage licenses to gay couples. This is, the high court said, discrimination based on sexual orientation–an action not permitted by law. This leads to a critical…

Embracing Godliness is not easy. It can be, but for most people it is not. That’s because most of us do not want to give up what we have to give up in order to “get Godly.” As I look at those words I realize that to many, even the idea sounds arrogant. Do we…

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