Everything had a beginning. Not all things will have an end. Creation is a song; it has a rhythm, a tempo, a rhyme. God is to creation what a band is to the music. When the band stops playing, all the songs are over, and the room becomes silent and dark. But God will never […]
Month: June 2023
THE OCEAN
I’m a beach bum. I could spend the rest of my days wandering the beaches of this world barefoot, wearing only shorts and a T-shirt. I find the sea intoxicating, along with all its bays, inlets and coastal waterways. I am not alone, millions of us flock to the coast whenever we can. […]
BEAUTY AND BARBED WIRE
The Earth is beautiful, but it is also wounded. Our world is a puzzling mix of horror and grace. Of gentleness and violence. Of kindness and cruelty. Of selflessness and depravity. Life feels like a never-ending mix of peace and suffering. I once heard Oxford mathematician John Lennox refer to this as “beauty and […]