If it is true that ‘sorry’ is the hardest word to say, then I would argue that forgiveness is the hardest word to do. An Illustration One of those life defining moments occurred for me when I was 18. It was Remembrance Sunday 1987, and I had only just heard the news about the Enniskillen … Read More →
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4 Ways to Face Your Flaws
It was quite a revelation to me to discover that a young, Pagan, and mildly agoraphobic new friend would have more to teach me about confessing my flaws than any Christian. Over the past few months I have been struggling with some larger questions that are, I suppose inevitably, linked to my reaching 39 years … Read More →
Tribalism: Why Faith Is Social
Throughout human history, and only until recently, faith has been an inherently social phenomena. The idea that faith is purely a personal, individual matter is a recent aberration. Faith as identity. One of the most repeated criticisms of faith from the small but vocal realm of secularism is that it causes strife and war. That puts aside, of … Read More →