MY DUSTY BIBLE
April 26, 2009 – 5:39 pmSome years ago I read a sign outside a church in a small town just north of Boston that read “Dusty Bibles lead to dirty lives.” It made me smile and was an amusing break from the usual trite and forgettable sentiments that one sees on church notice boards. I suspect, and I hope, it was meant with some humor, but something about that funny statement made it indelible in my memory.
This year I’ve tried reading the Bible, but to say I have found it hard going would be a an understatement. I feel like a teenager reading Shakespeare for a class they don’t enjoy. The language is hard, the context is harder, and for me the whole experience is about as enjoyable as going to the dentist.
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GOING TO CHURCH
March 15, 2009 – 5:47 pmI’ve believed in God for as long as I can remember. God just seems to make sense to me. I look around and it seems entirely logical that a creative, powerful, and timeless force would be behind the science that has woven this world and all others together. I’ve never really thought anything other than that, never considered the possibility that God might be nothing more than a creation of mankind in order to answer the questions we cannot answer. I believe in God from beginning to end because the thought of a Godless world where we come from nothing and go to nothing seems bleak and empty to me. Life surely has to be about more than just making the rent, watching TV, sex, eating, and dying slowly.
I was criticized by a friend recently for not being more open and honest on this blog. She told me that, while interesting, the two previous posts read more like articles than the writings of someone who was trying to confront the most searching questions of God and faith.
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