Most lives run on two rails. There is the secular, and there is the sacred. The secular takes up most of our lives and our time. It involves everything that makes us what and who we are; my education, my friends, what I do for fun, to whom I am […]
Transcendence. What does it mean to search for transcendence? The dictionary puts it this way: “to go beyond the limits or powers of oneself.” Philosophers put it this way: “to go beyond the normal limits; to go beyond the limits of human experience.” Transcendental meditation is defined as “a meditation […]
Our state is one of the states that struggle with the meaning of life. Issues of value and purpose are in short supply, and people see no reason to continue a meaningful life. This is not just a local problem but nationwide. It crosses racial barriers and grade point averages. […]
Doug was a young man, raised in a Christian home, trained and educated to become a psychiatrist. He had been offered a lucrative job at a clinic, but he turned it down. Why? He felt called to begin an inner-city ministry in a city nearby. He married a gal he had […]
For many years I have followed a routine that takes me through the Bible in a year’s time. That means I have read the Bible for about 50 years. In my annual journey through the Bible, I have found stories and incidents that are extremely interesting. They are what I […]
In 1914 a ship called The Endurance set off from the shores of Great Britain, headed for the Arctic ocean. Its crew was headed for Antarctica, where they were to cross the ice cap on foot and meet up with a supply ship that would bring them back to Britain. […]
There are two books that sit on my library shelves that are a part of my past history. I leave them there as reminders of a struggle I had in my past life. One is, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, and the other is Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. […]
When I was a young man, I was determined to get a car. I had spent my summer working in the Flathead Wilderness (now the Bob Marshal). I had spent the summer isolated, so my money came as a lump sum at the end of the season. I was determined […]
Harold Kushner is a Jewish Rabbi, in Boston. He wrote a book entitled, “When bad things happen to good people”. He wrote the book to share a physical crisis that happened in his own home. His son, Aaron, was born with a disease called “progeria”. The doctors explained that this […]
Music has been with us from the beginning of time. In Genesis 4, there is given to us the beginnings of the human race and the divisions that developed. In Genesis 4:21, there is a man whose name is Jubal. It is said of him, “…Jubal was the father of […]