Wisdom

Words to Live By

Studying Multiple Scriptures Side By Side

Often a book in my studies will have footnotes or references to biblical scripture. Well, I own a Parallel Bible,...

The Costs of a New Life

This quite accurately describes the precipice upon which I have arrived and am pausing, contemplating...

VIDEO: Being in the World, But not of the World, is a Lonely Road to Walk

I think the overarching concept of good vs. evil—or Truth vs. deception—can be the common thread, the unifying determinant.

VIDEO: Spike Cohen Explains How He’s Beating MS

MS-specific meds notwithstanding, I didn't see anything in Mr. Cohen's video that wouldn't be helpful to everyone, chronic disease or...

Live Not By Lies

Upon reading Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Live Not By Lies, I decided to publish it here, since Truth is a core tenet...

Life is Too Short to Wait

I've recently witnessed some alarming incidents that really impacted my thinking...

The War Prayer by Mark Twain

The War Prayer was written by Mark Twain in 1905, in response to the Spanish–American War and the subsequent Philippine–American...

VIDEO: When We’re Told to Sit Down & Shut Up!

The following video was posted over on 𝕏, and I felt compelled to share it, both there and on Facebook,...

Contemplation (Plus Video): The Kingdom of God is Within Us

Anymore, I’m often astonished at how, when I want to share something meaningful with the world, the Universe seems to...

17 Life-Learnings from 17 Years of The Marginalian

NOTE: The following article by Maria Popova was originally published at The Marginalian (formerly known as Brain Pickings), and really...

UPDATED (VIDEO): Since We Can’t Wait Until The Next Extinction-Level Impact Event…

I recently posted a contemplation entitled Can We Wait Until The Next Extinction-Level Impact Event? wherein I suggest that it...

Contemplation: God as Truth

I am increasingly coming to believe that God is Truth; or rather, Truth is God… I recently touched on the...

Contemplation: Everything Happens for a Reason

I posted this thought on Facebook awhile back, but have since expanded on the idea, thought I’d share it here:...

Contemplation: The Gospel of Living & Doing

As Tolstoy conveyed in his various religious writings, after doing his own translation of the gospels he determined that when...