Reason without sacred writings is like a tool with nothing to use it on, but sacred writings without reason can be a blind leap in the dark in the search for spiritual truth. Both should work together to discern truth from falsity.

Jesus wept when he saw the agony his friends were going through after the death of Lazarus. This has powerful implications for we who weep.

I have come to greatly value the last words and wisdom of a thoughtful person who is on the brink of eternity. My good friend Bob passed these notes on to me a few weeks before he died.

Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder has argued that free will is an illusion. Rational thought, however, reveals that the basis for her conclusion not only collapses, but the default position for a scientist ought to be that free will is real and we have it.