Thoughts on Lent

by | Feb 17, 2010 | Spirituality • Peace of Mind

I came to the Xian Calendar fairly late. I was raised in a church that thought anything liturgical smacked of Roman Catholicism and since everyone knew that Roman Catholics were going to hell, we had nothing to do with liturgy. As a result, I had just about zero...

Karma vs Grace

by | Aug 25, 2009 | Spirituality • Peace of Mind

This school year I am involved with teaching the yewts at our church during Sunday mornings. The older I get, the less I know that I know, but the few things I do know, I know that I know. Since I want to give these kids something they can hang onto, I am careful to...

Ruminations on Baptism

by | May 29, 2007 | Spirituality • Peace of Mind

If you were baptised as an infant, then someone made a decision to do something good for you, a decision that you were incapable of making for yourself. In baptism, the child is welcomed into the household of faith and accepted as a part of the community of faith...

Subject Predicate Object

by | Nov 1, 2006 | Spirituality • Peace of Mind

A young friend of mine is struggling mightily to overcome a particular behavior that he considers sin. I don’t say right out that it is sin because I know that he has a little confusion about the difference between sin and temptation. Of course, if...