While I relate more to the first part of Paul’s sentence (because I wish more folks stayed and enjoyed being single), I've come to see how they are both good gifts by reading all of 1 Corinthians 7:7 “I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.” They are states of being, each a gift, neither better than the other, and given by God at His discretion…
Read MoreSome Christians have gone to psychedelics to “peek behind the veil” of daily existence, to see the spiritual dimension that seems out of grasp in daily banality. Some have claimed psilocybin renewed their experience of faith after intoxicated visions of spiritual awe…
Read MoreIn such times, it seems almost predictable that most conversations with Christians switch rapidly to politics. After such a turn in a conversation with a politically-impassioned believer, I visibly lost interest and was asked why some, such as myself, are not interested in current political controversy…
Read MoreBut deep down I knew God does not play cruel jokes. He had us read Butterfield’s book as a church for a purpose: because the world was about to suffer in ways it had never suffered before, at least on a global scale. Human connection was about to come under severe attack and God was prepping us to handle the aftermath…
Read MoreThe most prevalent reason I hear for why people are unwilling to be foster parents is that it would hurt them too much if the foster child left to go live with kin or their parents again..
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