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I am waiting on my chemo infusion, so I have time to write. Standing in our church’s fellowship hall a few years ago, after I had led a class on science and faith, a kind friend said he couldn’t relate to the class because he doesn’t appreciate science. He shared that he felt closest to…
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My father built the red-brick house I grew up in. After his passing, I would go home and do repairs on the house, and I felt a special closeness with my father. I saw how he had laid the bricks with care, with his fingerprints still in the mortar. I saw the imprint of his…
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I was about to give up on this topic for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that, of my 341 subscribers and a dozen “drop-by” readers, two clicked on one of the videos I posted last time explaining quantum mechanics. I must always do introspection first. Did I not present the topic interestingly?…
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The Second Book of God Suppose it is true, as I believe it is, that God is known via two books, and one of those books, the rational examination of nature, is banned by organized religion; the resulting concept of God is out of balance and inadequate. This is what I found in my own…
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The Parable of the Absent Father and the Two Books Imagine that you are a small child and your father must leave you in the hands of guardians for a long time, say, twenty years. Perhaps it is a prolonged war on the other side of the globe, or a mission to establish a settlement…
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After six busy months, I just uploaded the latest installment off my series, The Healing Hut. Come along on this journey as this novice attempts to build stone cottage from scratch as part of my battle against blood cancer (posted below). Please also see my apology below the video. I apologize that my last post…
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Disharmony has been one of the greatest plights in human existence. We hear it now in America: “Divisions and hatred are tearing America apart.” But what is the root of divisions, and what is the cure? How does the Christian really find and promote peace? The Progressive Christian Approach One approach by the progressive Christian…
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On Writing I have completed four queries for my new novel, The Agony of a Woman, and sent them to agents. I am working hard to complete the stonework on the cottage before winter’s cold rains arrive. But it is time to pause, catch my breath, and write. I want to write a conclusion to…
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I have been writing for more than fifteen years about the fact that religion, and specifically Christianity, is dying. While I feel no one within the church is listening to me, the reason I write is for those with one foot out the back door, trying to make sense of things… and there is sense…
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J. Michael Jones 