Thoughts For Thinkers

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  • Why every political ideal fails

    I have watched history long enough to notice a pattern that refuses to go away. Every political ideal begins as a vision of wholeness. Justice. Equality. Liberty. Order. Peace. Each generation announces that it has finally understood what the last one missed. Each generation believes it can architect a structure strong enough to hold the…

  • Adjusting meanings

    I have had a long standing issue with the presentation of sin and salvation. The apparent disconnect from early understanding has had unfavorable consequences. Somewhere along the way the story shifted. What began as a narrative of growth slowly hardened into a narrative of guilt. What was once about becoming became about blame. And the…

  • Experience..true knowing

    I don’t really know until I experience. Before the experience, it is only thought. Concept. Architecture in my head. I can arrange it, analyze it, polish it. I can speak about it convincingly. But until I step into it, it remains untested—untouched by reality. I can describe fire. I can explain its chemistry, its color,…