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Have you found that atheists--as a group--have a interest in you and your inner being, your hopes and dreams, and what makes you tick? Can you confidently make such general conclusions? Perhaps your findings are inconclusive due to small sample size. ...Just joking. But I wonder if you're...

I attended five different churches in town before settling on my current church, where I've been almost a year. What made me stay was the depth of the teaching and the sermons. The pastor prepares very well. There's Sunday school for kids and for adults. At adult Sunday school the pastor uses a...

Honesty is key. That entails apologizing when you've been unfair, unkind, or simply mean. When I've gotten angry and yelled at one or both of my daughters when they didn't deserve it, I've apologized. Turning my life toward Christ (which happened after my girls were born) gave me the will and...

Many times I have felt envious of single people for the freedom they have. They are masters of their own lives and their own houses. They live the way they want, spend money and save money the way the want, arrange their surroundings the way they want, do the things that they want. If I let...

Dude, your kids like you. You said so yourself. Children need a father, and they *want* a father. They want a dad who loves them and wants to be around them. They need a dad who protects them and teaches them. If you've been a miserable failure--I sympathize. I have some things in common with...

The Promise by When in Rome is a great 80s song. It has the classic 80s synth sound and it's catchy without being annoying.

You came to the right place. Things have turned unbelievably bad in your life. Really--this is incredible. Stay strong for your children, and keep your faith in God.

This seems like a selfish perspective. Jesus will return on His own time. Believing that we can hasten His coming by making society more corrupt, sinful, and disordered seems wrong, and actually hoping for or taking pleasure in societal destruction seems even worse. We and our descendants all...

I see that the book Mere Christianity has already been recommended to you. I'd like to second this. It begins without assuming anything more than the reality of human existence. It takes that reality seriously, defining terms and drawing logical conclusions, and asks what meaning we can derive...

I lived in Manhattan for a few years when I was a kid. It was a nice place (kinda muggy in the summer though), but I haven't been there since 1993.

Aiki, you're right. The more I think and the more I develop the habit of sincere prayer, the more I am realizing this. I have had some moments of prayer that were so wonderful and beautiful that they brought tears to my eyes. I feel like I have caught glimpses of God, and through these glimpses...

This is a really hard question to answer. I didn't think it would be but I've started and erased my response to this question a few times and I haven't got further toward an answer. So here's a fumbling sort of reply: I *want* to believe in God. I think I do believe in God. I know that I have...

I apologize for the lateness of my reply. Anyhow, your question David is a very interesting one. What do I do with my guilt? I guess my first response is, my guilt about what? I do not feel guilty for not (yet, I hope) having achieved a meaningful understanding of God, or a relationship with...

Thanks! I will check this out.

Thank you. Useful considerations!

Wow that is the single best thing I have heard or thought today. That's a much more useful perspective than my usual thoughts of "What am I doing wrong? Why can't I believe even though I'm pretty sure I want to?" Thank you for making my day more hopeful!

Thank you for this interesting account. I'm continually appreciative of this kind of community where we can share our most profound spiritual experiences with each other in an honest and supportive forum. All of our biographies have nearly endless backstory, to be sure, but I would like to ask...

What is your usual answer to "Why do we have to go to church?" This seems like a really profound question.

Isn't it great? My kids are 8 and 6 and are starting to outgrow this phase, but I love it. I guess I can talk them to death. :nomouth:

That is an excellent thought to keep in mind. Thank you.