Hard Believing

There is a phrase we use in our family – “hard believing”- which means forcing ourselves to believe in something that we have little faith in, usually for the benefit of someone else. It is not the same as “hard to believe” which is used to conversely express a challenging belief in something, like an … Continue reading →

My Mandela Effect Experience

The Mandela Effect refers to a phenomenon where numerous people hold a sincere belief in a distortion of an event. The event of which this phenomenon is named is one where many people believe that Nelson Mandela died in prison in the 1980s rather than that he was released in 1990, became the first black … Continue reading →

Will Science Someday Validate the Belief in Eternal Life?

Among the age-old questions of mere mortals is, “Is there life after death?” Does death end our existence or is there something beyond death? Is there an afterlife? What would it take to live beyond a mortal death? The common consensus is that to exist after physical death we must have a consciousness that can … Continue reading →

The Orb

As a safety measure, I have installed “granny cams” in my mother’s senior facility apartment. These small, mostly unnoticeable cameras allow my mom to live more independently while still allowing me to monitor her for falls, illness, and other maladies that can impact frailer older people, especially those with cognitive issues. Recently, mom went through … Continue reading →

No Faith in God

If I had not already lost faith in an omnipotent benefactor abiding in the heavens before, I would now, because of this. In my home state of Tennessee a two year old child is missing, presumably lost in the woods. It has now been 72 hours since the child became lost and the search for … Continue reading →

Are Christian Martyrs Proof of the Resurrection?

I have read a few posts this week that defend the doctrine of Jesus’ resurrection by stating that a physical bodily resurrection must have occurred because it would take something extraordinary and miraculous to cause the apostles and Christian followers to come out of hiding and boldly express their belief in a dead messiah, and … Continue reading →

The Voice of God

Have you ever experienced that one forceful thought? The one that scatters all processing thoughts into oblivion and seems to dismiss the flow of internal dialogue with the urgency of “whoa, wait, listen to me!”  In my experience, it doesn’t happen often but rather rarely and it is uniquely different from my usual thoughts. It … Continue reading →

Three Visiting Spirits

Several years ago my mother had a near-fatal car accident which resulted in her sustaining a severe traumatic head injury that left her comatose for two weeks. When she regained consciousness she had complete amnesia and did not know who she was or who any of her family was. The doctors informed us that her … Continue reading →

No Yin Without Yang

The Yellow Emperor reportedly said, “Heaven was created by the concentration of Yang, the force of Light; earth, was created by the concentration of Yin, the forces of Darkness. Yang stands for peace and serenity, but stands for destruction and brings about disintegration. Yin stands for confusion and turmoil, but stands for conservation and brings … Continue reading →

Skeptical Me on “Going Ape”

Recently I have watched a series on the National Geographic Channel entitled, “Going Ape”. It is a fascinating observation of the comparisons between humans and apes. In watching this series I have been left with an increased awareness of the similarities between the two species which are quite compelling, and thus making it easy to … Continue reading →