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Happy Thanksgiving!

For my American readers you are probably thinking, this is a little early. It’s kind of like seeing that first Christmas ad just after Halloween. Let me assure you, I am not trying to be the first to get your attention about Thanksgiving. In Canada we celebrate turkey day earlier than our friends south of the border. The reason is actually quite simple, we have a shorter growing season, so harvest is earlier leading to us being thankful before our American neighbours. I tell you this in case the American president decides to suggest that their northern neighbors (notice the two spellings purposely placed in this blog) are not playing fair by being first to celebrate Thanksgiving leading to some sort of cranberry tariff…

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Natural vs Supernatural Evolution

I know what I would think if I read this title, but then I would be wrong! I am not talking about the origins of our universe. The evolution I am referring to has nothing to do with God and science being reconciled, affirmed, found lacking or even false. While many argue over six-day creation, I simply ask myself: do I believe in a God that is powerful enough to achieve the literal understanding of the creation story in Genisis? If so, then that is all that matters! But I digress from the point of this blog which is to compare the natural and the supernatural evolution of…

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What is Church Really Supposed to Be?

There has been a remaking of church in my lifetime. While change is inevitable, all change is not necessary or good. I struggled with a concept that at one time I could have supported. I am unsure why I entertained this definition of the purpose of the church, but I am sure of one thing; the concept of what the church does, embraced by many Christians, is actually lazy Christianity.

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There is an Old Saying…

… there are a lot of old sayings. For some, old means outdated. For others old means tested and true. Some will scoff, others will listen and apply, still others will avoid anything remotely linked to the wisdom of the past or even present day. From Shakespeare to Plato, from Jung to Nietzsche, from Grandma and Grandpa to schoolteachers or preachers, there will always be old (maybe not very old) saying(s) that are adopted or rejected not because we have thought them through but because we have relegated them to live or die in our minds based on how comfortable or uncomfortable they make us feel. Maybe the graveyard in our brains is full of life cut short because I don’t like to feel uncomfortable.

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Does God Exist?

Is there proof of an intelligent force that is beyond humanity? Did the universe become what we see today by chance or was there a cause behind all that we see? Is that “cause” still active today and if so, what does “active “mean? If you have come to the conclusion that there is something/someone that exists in a capacity far beyond the limits of human existence, what now?

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I Did It My Way. 

My parents said, this concept was not a Christian way of living. It may be immortalized in a popular song, but it was fundamentally wrong. I didn’t place quotation marks around what they said for two reasons. First, I was too young to remember their exact words. Second, I am pretty sure my parents didn’t use words like fundamentally, immortalized or concept when explaining to a young boy why a song did not fit our belief system. 

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