With the spirit of thanksgiving blowing across the landscape this week, pushed by a cold Canadian wind, I was reminded recently of something I have been truly thankful for over many years, though it’s not something I think about in detail too often. My recollections began when talking with ...
Faith and Science have long been at odds with each other. Why is this? There seem to be two opposing ideas. You are guided by Faith, grounded in an abstract understanding of the powers that be. For Christians, this is founded on the word of God. Science, however, has its roots in the ...
Timothy O’Shea arrived at the Calumet mine location in December of 1865. By all accounts the area was a wilderness, except for the clearing in the woods around the site. Edwin J. Hulbert was a civil engineer and surveyor who had worked at the Cliff Mine for several years, where he became ...
Soteriology, or the doctrine of salvation, is interpreted differently in various religious traditions, but always includes deliverance of humankind from suffering and evil. It can be a state here on earth or in another realm, such as after death. In religious communities, a lot of their focus ...
All the bad things happening to people around the world is not God’s fault. There is absolutely no reason to believe God wants these things to happen. There is sin in the world. Why is there sin in the world? Free will. Do you want God to take our free will away? Do you want to be a ...
A man’s heart and soul are found beyond the words of his obituary. Funeral directors do an incredible job of gathering the details of a deceased man’s life: dates of birth, death and marriage, places of employment and worship, and lists of surviving and deceased relatives. With the ...