Archive for the 'Images of God' Category

 God Shorthand

Why shouldn’t God be zipping around Heaven on a rocket sled?? The “bearded guy on a cloud” is more than just Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel finger-pointer.



 Images of God

What image comes to mind when you think about “God”? Spirit? Love? Parent? King? Judge? bearded-guy-on-a-cloud?



 Water Into Wine

Where did we ever get the idea that religion is supposed to dour and grim?  Celebrate!



 Does God Fix Lawnmowers?

There are times when it would be nice to think that God directly causes everything to happen, like a puppeteer pulling our strings. But that sometimes we really have to stretch the idea to make it fit.



 They Came From Everywhere

They came from everywhere … to wish me well.
And I appreciate it very much. I have written before about the fact that, to me, it is we who are the Hands of God in Creation. My current health situation has brought that home to me anew.
There are those who criticize this emerging medium. But where [...]