We talk about how God is love and how he is merciful. One day this week he showed me his kindness amid fear and heartbreak.

"Two swords" (A poem of redemption) and "Cell" (A poem of new life) are read and discussed. Read the originals here: https://bit.ly/2O0pF9s and here: https://bit.ly/2wYhWl0 and comment on Twitter to @owentew

Sometimes All It Takes is Cats and Dogs - Not Catechisms and Dogma

Take It From Joni Mitchell and King Solomon: With Age Come Some Sad Realizations. Read the original at https://medium.com/@OwenTew/im-not-a-good-person-and-neither-are-you-dec6e52df035

I’ve never had a favorite Scripture verse. I always figured they were all equally important . But there is one passage that sums up all that bugs me about divisions in the church: 1 Corinthians 12:12–31, where the Apostle Paul compares the Church — the Body of Christ — to a human body in which different parts have different functions, but all are equally vital to the perfect functioning of the body.

My early brush with death set me on a course toward knowing God that continues to this day. And he has used several sages throughout the years to pass his wisdom along.

A look at how counterfactual conditionals might just solve the old debate between predestination and free will. Then again, the debate will probably rage on.

HAL 9000, Skynet and the Matrix were enemies of humanity. But in the real world, AI might just "love" us to death.

I like getting angry and holding grudges way more than I like candy or television, so clearly that would be a much bigger sacrifice. (Image public domain, “The Chicago amateur base ball annual and inter-city base ball association year book” 1904)

Something's in the air (conditioning) -- and it's the key to living by faith.