Understatement of the year: I am not a theologian. So this will not even be an attempt at a theological treatise but merely a narrative account of one aspect of my own faith journey. Back when I was being a youthful rebellious doofus, I occasionally spouted some half-baked nonsense at my father. One of those […]
It happened one day when I was in college, minding my own business, deeply engrossed in reading something posted on one of the campus bulletin boards near Bruin Walk. Suddenly some guy rushed up to me and, without warning, shouted something like, “Did you know you’re going to hell?” Huh? We were complete strangers, and […]
Confession time: I was once so obnoxious in online debates — about theology of all things! — that, a few years later, memories of my ill behavior compelled me to track down and apologize to several people. (And, yes, I know I’ve already confessed this on my blog.) Why on earth had I been so […]
(Read part 1 here.) Increasingly over the past few years, I’ve been asking myself: what is the point of living a Christian life? What is my purpose? The Baltimore Catechism answers “Why did God make you?” with these words: “God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, […]
When I was competing at karate tournaments, and especially when I became a judge, it got so that I could recognize the intermediate and advanced students of certain instructors, even if I’d never seen that particular student before. It wasn’t just how that student performed techniques, it was how they carried themselves, how they wore […]
Adventures in prayer 