Following my Documenting 2015 in Mental Pictures, here are the highlights from my life in 2016. These are just some of the biggest lessons learned in a (pretty) random series of mental pictures. Here we go.
Read moreWhat Skeptics, Bored Christians, Immigrants, and Church Kids Can Teach Us About Life
I’ve been having this debate with myself for a while about skeptics. If you spend any time at all reading and listening to skeptics, you’ve probably asked yourself the same question I keep asking myself. What makes them so desperate and earnest and, I guess, alive?
Read moreWhat Does it Mean to be Alive?
I can count on one hand the amount of times this has happened to me. I’m just sitting there minding my own business when suddenly I feel as if I’m watching myself, as if the rubber band of my imagination breaks and my consciousness is left spread out in space....And it’s in those rare moments that I glimpse the truth about my life, about my existence.
Read moreWhat Am I Supposed to DO With This Pain?
Pain has a purpose for God's children, but often we lose sight of it--or at least, I do. And Romans 8:28 is usually used to encourage passivity. But what do we DO when we are in pain? How should we ACT?
Read moreI Have Lyme Disease, and That's OK
It's popular for chronically ill people to lash out at happy people for being so, well, happy. I've been guilty of that in the past, but now I just try to help others see what they don't see. If there's anything good from pain it's perspective. So here, I give some of mine. Maybe you'll benefit.
Read more"A Long Obedience in the Same Direction": The Meaning of Life from Friedrich Nietzsche and King Solomon
The meaning of life is often discussed in terms of personal fulfillment and gratification, but Friedrich Nietzsche and King Solomon concur that life is meant be lived for something else. (Plus, I mean look at the guy's mustache!)
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