by darndestdabbler | Jan 1, 2025 | Spiritual
If Life on Earth Were Dev or TestAnd Home Were Prod at End,One Shot, One Check To Meet the Spec,One Push To Prod, No Mend.If Home on Earth Were Life in ProdWhere Good for God We Grow,The Path We Need, With God We Seed,Each Day We Reap and Sow. In Christianity, heaven...
by darndestdabbler | Dec 10, 2024 | Spiritual
In their podcast series Sermon on the Mount, the BibleProject team devoted several episodes to the Lord’s Prayer. As part of their offering, they asked guest song-writers to set the prayer to song. Many of their listeners followed suit, contributing some...
by darndestdabbler | Nov 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
On this Thanksgiving Day, I thought that it would be appropriate to recognize a family role that is often under-celebrated, that of stepparents. I feel qualified to speak on this topic because during my life, I have benefited significantly from three different kinds...
by darndestdabbler | Oct 18, 2024 | Spiritual
One of the books that I have read a couple of times and found both inspiring and challenging is Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus by Robin Meyers (2009) — hereafter, referred to as Saving Jesus. The book is...
by darndestdabbler | Sep 19, 2024 | Spiritual
Ever wonder what Jesus’ message of turning the other cheek is all about? Clearly, it’s a challenge for us. But what’s the point? To understand the challenge better, we need to look more closely at the concept of humility. What is humility? What...
by darndestdabbler | Aug 26, 2024 | Spiritual
Preface I had been working on a parable about near-term precocious twin fetuses that were contemplating the nature of the after-womb. As I was finalizing the wording, I encountered a post by Kathy Roman in bahaiteachings.org that highlighted the same metaphor, which...
by darndestdabbler | Jul 15, 2024 | About
A few months ago, I made an appointment with a urologist because my output had slowed down quite a bit. Before my dad passed away years ago (from an unrelated issue), I had remembered him telling me that he had an enlarged prostate. So, I figured that it must run in...
by darndestdabbler | Jun 17, 2024 | About
Sometimes, when God hands you a challenge or a check to your ego, the message encourages you to look at your value in the world in a different way. Many years ago, after a difficult first semester in college, I drove several hours back to my small-town home. I...
by darndestdabbler | May 22, 2024 | About
This blog will be about a variety of things: the true purpose of life (let’s explore some possibilities, at least one of which will be a little shocking), the elusive nature of spiritual truth (as suggested in a natural metaphor) some reflections on the ministry of...
