• Judgment is immediate. It demands the quick decision and the sentence is as swift and demanding as a guillotine. • Mercy is slow. Mercy takes its time, deliberating, mulling over options. Mercy is often second-guessing itself, repenting of former decisions as repentance is made known. • Cheap Grace is careless. It cares...

The sinner stands before us, Having broken the greatest of all Having destroyed all sense of decency Having ruined all that is good. Karma tells us: “He deserves nothing good! He was born in sin, No good dwells in him Surrender him to the judgment of God Get him out...

The quick theological answer about the nature of God takes us through a quick tour of the “omnis”: Omnipotent: God is all powerful Omnipresent: God is in all places Omniscient: God knows all things Eternal: God is timeless...

God has made every one of us with two distinct moralities, battling like two dogs after the same bone. The morality of Karma sees every person as unequal. Some deserve more reward, some deserve more punishment, but all deserve uniquely. It is the task of Karma to protect, to...

Here is a wagon: I think it looks pretty cool. If you look at it close you can see that it was made personally. Makes me wonder what it’s for: a trailer for a bike? An outdoor storage place? Oh, look: there’s a note on it So it was actually...

This is the post where I must declare my hypocrisy. Despite having years of experiencing health and emotional problems due to overwork and overstress, I still indulge myself in too much. One might call me a work addict (and some have) but the fact is that I spend a lot...

Serving the needy is a desperately difficult profession. Often I hear the homeless speak negatively about social workers or those who process forms at Adult and Family Services. About how they don’t really care about people, how they are callous or downright mean. And while I cannot speak for each...

Diane and I sat in our bedroom, assessing our reality. We’d been working with the homeless for twelve years and we were more than tired. Diane finds herself constantly exhausted, always wanting to go to bed, hardly able to look at our home, let alone begin to clean it. I...

What is Christmas about? Christmas is about tradition. The things we were raised doing, we want to keep doing. And Christmas is one of the main times of year to keep old traditions alive that have survived at least thirty years or so. What is your Christmas about? Check the...