Why do so many people today find faith and trust so difficult? Is it possible that we first need to master what we know before we understand what we believe? The Old Testament words of Isaiah says: “unless you believe, you will not understand”(7:9) Dietrich...
In his book A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens opens with the line: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” Dickens, who wrote his book in the mid-nineteenth century was certainly commenting on...
I taught students in both secondary school and college for many years. Most students would tell me that they were “spiritual” but not “religious”. I assume the difference was that they believe in a higher power (God) but do not want to do it in an institution like...
George Eliot wrote “no soul is a desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.” To have a friend is, in a sense, to acknowledge that I am tenderly held and can trust another’s love of me. Friendship is the melding of two spirits...
I taught students in both secondary school and college for many years. Most students would tell me that they were “spiritual” but not “religious”. I assume the difference was that they believe in a higher power (God) but do not want to do it in an institution like...
MY FATHER’S WAR There is a PBS program titled “My Grandfather’s War”. I am of the age where it was my father’s war. I am the late child of German immigrants who left Germany before the Nazi regime became unbearable. My father would tell stories of while he...
