Whether we admit it or not, most of us want to believe in heaven as the place we go when we die. Its notion that there we will live “happily ever after” echoes our primal fairy tale mentality.
Because of this, some people doubt the Easter story of Jesus’s resurrection…..
Earlier this week I was reading a blog that referred to a saying: “Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past.” I’d never heard it before, but the minute I read it, I felt struck with insight.
I’ve said before that outsiders to faith sometimes see the Christian emphasis…..
I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word, “Repent!” I’m picturing a crazy person with a placard proclaiming the end of the world. Somehow it seems difficult to treat the idea of “repenting” seriously.
Maybe it’s because we think only really big wrongs call for repentance……
Years ago I rented the movie, “The Sixth Sense,” famous for its surprise ending. Unfortunately, while I was in the video store, I had heard people talking about the movie and, about halfway through watching it myself, I realized their comments had clued me in to the twist at…..