Category Archives: Spirituality

I am going to knock on the sky and listen to the sound. – Kevin Flynn I grew up praying to god. My earliest memories were praying over food, thanking god for our meal. I prayed over cheerios, peanut butter … Continue reading →

I really like the movie TRON: Legacy. My favorite line from that film was Kevin Flynn’s mantra: “I’m going to knock on the sky and listen to the sound.” I love the poetry of the line: the imagery, the emotion, … Continue reading →

Love: Abandoned baby kicking on the side of the road…(1) Hosea was a man called by God specifically to love. “Go, marry a woman…” (2) was God’s call to the prophet, and one he performed faithfully. His love story is … Continue reading →

This is a look at the prophets of Ancient Israel, as discovered through the Hebrew Old Testament, in six parts… Part One Introduction: How do you see an invisible God? How do you interact with a spirit you cannot touch? … Continue reading →

I hear Russian through my window, rising from the street below. Students are walking by, to and from class. Lithuanian, Ukrainian, and Albanian I hear in my room on a regular basis, and I encounter several other languages if I … Continue reading →

It’s the waiting that kills. It seems like I have spent a good part of my life waiting: for Christmas, birthdays, visits from relatives, to grow up, to finish schoolwork, for my life to change around me. I somehow thought … Continue reading →

They walked the world. Most times, as you passed them on those long, hot dusty roads, you wouldn’t think anything of them. Another old man, leaning on a staff, clothed a bit shabbily, but then, what do you expect? Israel … Continue reading →

This was written as a response to my friend Zach wondering about just war, killing, and all the rest….I thought it worthy of posting here…. Death, War, Killing, Defense, Capital Punishment….where is the end of the matter? Extreme examples do … Continue reading →