One of the central foundations of Christianity that differentiates it from many other world religions is the fundamental belief that life is not fair. In Christianity, the universe is not conspiring to guarantee you the same outcome as everyone else, or balancing the outputs you achieve with the outputs received by others, or even returning to…
God is not dead. God is not distant. God is not an invention of human superstition or an anthropomorphic interpretation of phenomena beyond our control. God is alive. God is present. God is real. People often ask “Where was God?” after turbulent times, tumult, disease, loss, disaster, and despair. The answer is that God is…
You should be living your life with expectancy. “Yeah, right. Nothing seems to be working out for me right now. Why should I expect it to get better?” Expectations are central to your ability to handle a wide variety of situations. Expectations set by past experience, education, insight, wisdom, perception, intuition, understanding, and more are…
Don’t let it get you down. Every time something negative has happened in my life I have told myself, “Don’t let it get you down.” But what does this really mean? You got passed over at work for a less qualified candidate. Don’t let it get you down. You got told you have cancer. Don’t…