The Beautiful Hope Science is wiser than religion: it never tries to do the humanly impossible, like making you love your neighbor like yourself. — Anonymous In Evan Esar, 20,000 Quips and Quotes, 704. Doubleday (June 1968) People of Hope change things. When I think of some of our great leaders of humanity almost all […]
I do not even pretend to know everything about God and how He works. I am surprised sometimes with the things that have happened in my own life, despite my own limitations and failings. I have had my own share of questions of faith, times of doubt, and then also days like today, which go […]
It may seem a bit strange to some, however I am part of several online atheist groups and discussion boards. I’m not there to bash people but to listen to people’s thoughts, perspectives, and reasons why they do not believe in God. A common theme I’ve discovered is that people believe there isn’t any proof […]
Before You Say Goodbye tells the stories of just some of the incredible things happening with youth and young adults across our nation. Some are in print, but we also have many links to videos, in the print and e-book version, to stories like this one from a Church that recently started in a home […]
[youtuber youtube=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYAv4Q9dg70′] Last year I had several people ask me this question. ‘Why are you a Christian? There doesn’t seem to be any proof that God exists.’ I know there are endless opinions on faith, God, and life but I don’t believe ‘Faith’ is blind as some suggest. Instead I think people believe because God […]
Good….. You have likely been told to be good. To do good. You likely got rewarded for being good when you were kid. You may have received money for getting good grades in school. We also like it when others are good to us. It even feels right when we see something that is good. […]
There has been a long pause between my posts on this topic. We have been in the middle of a fundraising / building project for our church and youth centre the last few months and I put blogging aside for a time. However, I am back to writing and looking forward to continuing the ‘Why […]
Someone recently sent me a story about a lawsuit that recently took place in the States. I must say, sometimes I am happy I live in Canada. Well except for the cold. So sixty years ago the Knights of Columbus put up a memorial for people who died in the war, which included this statue […]
Too much evidence. For the past weeks I have been posting thoughts I have on why I believe in God. I know many people who have issues with the idea of a god(s) because they believe they have not seen, or experienced any proof of a god(s). While I know much of these discussions revolve […]
Several weeks ago I decided to answer a challenge. How do you know God is real? People question is it just a feeling? Is our faith only in the ‘unseen?’ Just Emotions? Knowledge? All of the above? Or Can we experience God in our day to day lives? Over the next few weeks I am […]