What if philosophers got it wrong? What if the basic notion that we are hard-wired for narcissism and self-interest is not as true our our forefathers adamantly ascribed? I’m deep into The Empathic Civilization, a profound work of human understanding. Jeremy Rifkin suggests that science is now calling into question just about all of our …
Enjoying God’s Reality
[RSS - See Embedded Video] If you haven’t seen the double rainbow guy, you need to. This guy captures a moment on video that is priceless. The original video blew up to 11 million hits and was featured on the Huffington Post. On Huffington, it was shared over 12,000 times and tweeted over 6,000 times. …
A Quest For Understanding Ourselves
Why do we search for God? It’s an intriguing question and one that I have spent way too much time pondering and wrestling with. The word theology, broken down can mean God logic. We’re trying to understand who God is because if we are created in God’s image, the purpose of our search is to …
A Mother’s Dilemma Regarding Hell
What do you say to an angry mom who asks, “How could a loving God send my children to hell?” I’m not a mom but I’ve asked this question myself. A few days ago I posted a link on Twitter about a friend who is wrestling with the concept of hell. The link stirred up …
An Empathic Civilization
Prepare to geek out for about 10 minutes. ;-P This is a video by author Jeremy Rifkin and explores the idea of empathy. He makes the assertion, based on neuroscience that we are soft-wired with something called mirror neurons. Mirror neurons allow us to construct a sense of empathy by recreating in our own brain …
Gameshow Relationships
Contrary to public opinion, I think the Bachelor and the Bachelorette are important shows. Seriously? You ask. This post started because my friend Kate Murray shared her thoughts on the show. She said: Last night I watched the Bachelorette. I never watch the Bachelorette. I don’t know what got into me, but I sat on …
Seeing A Child Of God
When you look into a mirror do you see a child of God called very good? One of the critical distinctions I make in my book, Discovering The God Imagination: Reconstructing A Whole New Christianity, is that the problem God is solving in the mission of God is our capacity to lose site of how …
A Certainty That Leads To Love
I don’t like to defend my own certainty anymore. I’ve come to believe the notion of certainty is not the point. Recently a friend named Chad posted a note in Facebook defending certainty. Chad explores it based on Hebrews 11. Hebrews 11:1 – Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain …
The Beauty of Complexity
I’m reading Flow, the Psychology of Optimal Experience, and I’m diggin’ it. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (don’t even try to pronounce that) explores the state when our bodies are generating what he calls optimal psychic energy to achieve our goals. To explain the idea he breaks down the beauty of complexity by stating flow requires complexity, not …
The Simplicity Of Church
A couple of years ago I was part of a group of people that wanted to start a church. In hindsight, I still believe in the idea but it was a little too complex. It required a little too much organization. The idea got shelved for several reasons but the idea of an intentional community …
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