Category: Inspiration and hope
What does it mean to be Born Again?
July 25, 2024
Richard Dawkins, the world’s most famous atheist, recently found himself in a discussion about the religious term “born-again experience”. He wasn’t expecting this, which made the video even more interesting. […]
Intuitive Truth Versus Empirical Truth Versus Grain of Truth – Three Ways of Knowing
July 15, 2024
What kind of truth?Empirical truth is scientific truth…. something that has been measured or predicted by a theory that has been proven by subsequent data. Gravity is a theory that […]
Taylor Swift – her Story and her Impact
March 20, 2024
I’m not a Swiftie. But I am a football fan, and I watched the Kansas City Chiefs, who win most of the Superbowls nowadays. And there in the coaches’ box […]
Aayan Hirsi Ali, well-known atheist, becomes a Christian, gets criticized by Richard Dawkins.
November 24, 2023
Who is Aayan Hirsi Ali? Aayan was born in Somalia 54 years ago to a Muslim family. She speaks up for Muslim women against forced marriage, child marriage, honor killing, […]
What do Near-Death Experiences tell us – Part 2
September 18, 2023
Part 1 of this series ends with a list of what near-death experiences or NDEs have in common. This list was gleaned from a book by Lee Strobel called The […]
A Remarkable Story about Resilience – Jack Higgins, Australian Footballer.
July 10, 2023
Prescript: See free offer of FracMan book below. I heard several years ago that schools were emphasizing self-esteem in classrooms. Early praise, boosting morale, and encouraging kids to be creative. […]
Why is it so hard to apologize and forgive?
April 20, 2023
Fred and Susie. Let’s say Fred and Susie get into an argument because Susie is angry over something Fred did. Fred gets defensive. Susie says something that is deep and […]
What do Near-Death Experiences tell us – Part 1
April 7, 2023
Eben Alexander was a Harvard neurosurgeon. He was also an agnostic. “If you don’t have a working brain, you can’t be conscious,” he said. He added that when the machine […]
I was attacked by a chow.
March 25, 2023
Thirty-eight years ago, I walked into a pet store not to get a pet, but just to look. I looked into this kennel and there was this little black bear […]
A time of fear and a time of hope – the starting of 2023.
January 1, 2023
On New Years Eve, I talked with three people in two different western states about problems they were facing. One woman had taken chemo in the summer to treat two […]