What gives love meaning?
It's ironic almost oxymoronic that love is given meaning by opposites. Think of it no grief, no sorrow the absence of a sense of loss,...
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The Hound of Heaven
One day, years ago, I saw the devil which put behind me once and for all any doubts I might have had over the existence of God. We don’t live in an irredeemably wicked world there are two sides to the coin. On one evil, ugliness, hatred and abuse on the other love ,beauty, charity, joy .However, I believe the moral law bends eventually and inevitably towards justice there is a God of love whose light shines brighter than the darkness and a choice to be made. Every soul is unique and no two souls enjoy the same relationship with God.It is a state of affairs many religious apologists don’t take into account. Like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle we each have our own place in the picture remove one and the whole becomes incomplete. That’s not to say that questioning your place in the picture and indeed trying to understand its totality isn’t important it is . But we need to understand that everything is relative to our place on the board and that only the creator understands the whole so as Pope Francis said ‘ who am I to judge?’ We are but one drop in the ocean.
However God has given to us two huge signposts as to his overall intent they are the twin gifts of love and wisdom which are the keys to the door of enlightenment. All my life I have sought after why ?and how? I’ve come to appreciate the obvious footprints of the creator that through wisdom we can read the language of God in the world around us and by love grasp the essence of his will.
I’m 63 years old and lived many parallel lives but I have always been absorbed by a hunger for meaning as Mark Twain wrote ‘ The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.’ Have I discovered why ? Not yet but I think I now understand the nature of the path that leads to the answer and the light that was once so distant and faint has become clearer with each step taken lesson learned and blessing of love given. This blog is by way of a chronicle of my journey and my discovery of my spiritual thin places, where as the Celts believed , we are at our closest to reality. If you have any observations good or bad questions or seek a dialogue please feel free to reach out.
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The God Delusion
Dawkins describes belief in God as ‘a false belief or judgement in-spite of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary’. Life is a mystery...
God comes down on earth to reign
Either Dawkins 'blind pitiless indifference no design no purpose no evil no good' an amoral universe, relativism writ large, mankind a...
'For where your treasure is there will your heart be also' Matthew 6
Why do material possessions not confer lasting happiness? Maybe the statement can be refined to why doesn't money bring happiness? If...
Truth is reality
How do we know reality? If Richard Dawkins is right and we are all products of a mindless, undirected process there is no objective...
'He is in the image of the invisible God’ Colossians 1'
I don't think its an overstatement to say that the `non physical `world is more important than the physical. It is what makes us...
'Love the Lord with all your heart and soul and mind' Matthew 22
I believe that heart, soul and mind are the three clearest indicators of a God of creation. True love agape is in many respects the...
'The function of man is to live not exist'. Jack London
The above is one of my favorite quotes and represents a view of the purpose of life which many Christian churches have forgotten....
“If thy right eye offends thee pluck it out” Matthew 5
I've always thought of this verse from Matthew as being very extreme and a little weird but Ive come to believe that Christ was making a...
'Tall oaks from little acorns grow' Everett
I believe that one of the clearest sign posts to both the nature and existence of God is that he mirrors his persona to us through...
‘ The God of gaps’
The God of gaps argument is frequently employed by sceptics and atheists to support their position. God over the centuries has been used...
‘How the Christian revolution re-made the world’. Tom Holland
For years there have been furious arguments between theists and atheists over the existence of a personal God and between Christians and...
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for
Animals don't need meaning or purpose. I do believe that they respond to love and kindness especially when domesticated and certainly...
‘Love is like catching a falling star.’
I don’t think that love can be defined in any way as a biological necessity. Life as we know it could exist and develop quite happily...
'God is greater than our heart and knows all things'. 1 John 3
I believe that one of the clearest indications of God's love for mankind is ‘ free will’. But often my friends say: ‘ hang on Nick you...
'Consider the lillies of the field' Matt 6:29
"Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these." There is a very interesting observation that...
‘For indeed the kingdom of God is within you.’ Luke 17
In which direction runs the road to God? There is no doubt in my mind that for most churches it runs away from personal choice .Often...
Everything has a cause but nothing a reason
The above pretty much sums up Richard Dawkins naturalistic view of existence as being life ` nasty brutish and short` Hobbes and...
' if I rise on the wings of the dawn' Psalm 139
They say that the eyes are windows to your soul. But oh dear! When people hurry past on the street they always seem to be looking down...
Longfellow
' thou hast taken up your lamp and gone to bed I stay a little longer as one stays to cover up the embers that still burn' Sorrow comfort...
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