A “Too Sweet” God
God, to be God, has to be beyond our definition and our grasp. God is ineffable. That’s why, for Christians, there is Jesus, the Christ.
God, to be God, has to be beyond our definition and our grasp. God is ineffable. That’s why, for Christians, there is Jesus, the Christ.
The atheists are right … well, sort of.
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.
What image comes to mind when you think about “God”? Spirit? Love? Parent? King? Judge? bearded-guy-on-a-cloud?
Where did we ever get the idea that religion is supposed to dour and grim? Celebrate!
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 … 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 … Continue reading