2:15 on a Saturday afternoon is probably as good a time for reflection as any. I’ve just turned 30, and that’s kind of a milestone.
As I see it, my 20’s were my “checklist years”. The decade started out like a scavenger hunt. I had a list of things I wanted to do. Some were big [...]
Archive for August, 2009
A New Decade
Posted in Musings, Uncategorized, tagged 20s, 30s, moving ahead, priorities on August 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Reverence
Posted in Church, Musings, tagged beauty, cultural relativism, ethnocentrism, reverence, truth on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I received an email today, entitled “Reverence is more than just quietly sitting…”, that included the following quote on reverence:
Reverence has more to do with politics than with religion. We can easily imagine religion without reverence; we see it, for example, wherever religion leads people into aggressive war or violence. But power without reverence — [...]
Why Is It So Hard to Give Up Ignorance?
Posted in Musings, tagged change, choices, education, happiness, repentance on August 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There are certain fields that I love — church history, psychology, game design, etc. — but refuse to study in depth.
The problem is, I have my own opinions and beliefs in each of those fields. I’m afraid that if I start studying, I’ll discover (a) how wrong I am, and (b) how much I’d have [...]
