“Why do we need to pray if God knows what we are going to say before we think it?” The question took me completely by surprise. This was a group that had been meeting to encourage one another, to provide for ourselves a forum of spiritual accountability. As the question bounced off the walls, I…
Category: faith
Fear takes the bus
Our flight from Toronto to Calgary was at 27,000 feet and climbing as I watched the lady beside me go through her Rosary beads for the third time. Her prayer book was on her lap and her eyes were closed. Besides being in prayer it was obvious that she was terrified of flying! I cautiously…
Can you be cynically healthy?
I’ve been battling this one around in my own thoughts…is it okay to be cynical? Is there anything wrong with this? Can one be cynically healthy? I “googled” cynicism and got these quotes (and a few more): “Cynicism (Kυνισμός) was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes….
