Isn't it amazing that we humans all share some similar fears no matter what culture we come from. Most cultures have horror stories about zombies and vampires and ghosts. Why is that? I'll tell you why. We humans are aware enough of our own existence that we fear mortality, but we also fear the unknown.…
Fr. Barnabas Powell
They even have a name for it; it's thanatophobia. Of course it's based on the Greek word for death - Θανατος and φοβος - literally the fear of death. It can become so bad in a person that they are terrified of dying every waking moment. Horrible!
And yet, we live in such a death-denying culture we…
SSDD! You know, "same stuff, different day." That's the way a buddy of mine would answer as we started our workday at a factory where I worked after school in my teenage years. He had been with this company for many years and had had the same job in the factory refurbishing water meters. It…
I don't believe in "fairness." Really! I really don't believe in it at all. Oh, I get the concept, don't get me wrong, but I simply don't believe humans are capable of it. At least not yet, anyway.
Frankly, I'm convinced the Evil One uses our innate knowing that fairness SHOULD exist AND our inability…
"No life is a total waste. It can always serve as a bad example." I'll never forget when my best friend first shared this bit of wisdom with me. I was really down because someone that was supposed to be a positive influence on me was anything but. And I was disappointed, scared, and, frankly,…
I have a friend who is a biologist and she is also an atheist. She's an atheist because she's convinced there is no such thing as "free will." And she believes this because of her science. To her, every choice we think we make is actually just certain chemical reactions to different stimuli. I know,…
What's the best way to improve society? Change the person or change the society? There was a day in America when the common understanding was to change the person and society would improve, but nowadays it seems that many think that fighting to change society means addressing society's faults rather than the faults in the…
My best friend in the world died of a brain tumor many years ago. Anyone who has either struggled with cancer or knew someone who did, knows the radical nature of cancer treatment. The chemotherapy is literally poison used to kill the cancer. But it's still poison. Many have wondered if the cure is worse…
I was a fire bug when I was younger. Fire fascinated me, that is until one day when I burned myself play with fire. It's amazing how instructional pain can be if you let it!
But why is it we keep insisting on learning life's lessons the hard way? Why do we so consistently find ourselves…
All the sins and mistakes of all the people in the world who have ever lived all combined together and multiplied by a thousand plus ten can NEVER overpower God's love and peace!
Individually, our sins can never overpower Him. Collectively, our sins cannot exhaust Him. If that were remotely possible, He would not be God.…