A sage man once said, “The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.” –Plato, Laws I.626e When did knowledge replace wisdom, or facts replace virtues? Was it during the Enlightenment when rationality and science replaced the objective standard of divine justice and righteousness? This sounds terribly right. And it explains a lot about what’s…
After 20 years of planning, researching, writing, and editing, SALVADOR is finally finished and available to purchase and enjoy at https://a.co/d/0d62xt6p! SALVADOR was originally inspired by two books: The Jesus I Never Knew and The Da Vinci Code. I loved how Philip Yancey highlighted the humanity of Christ in the former, and I loved how…
Category: Art, Beauty, Literature, Morality, Nature, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science and Religion, Short Stories, Spiritual Formation, Suffering, Theology
My book on the topic of imaginative apologetics, hence the title–IMAGINATIVE Apologetics–is finally here. The book has over 50 poems, 170 prose (aphorisms to articles), and 20 short stories. Topics include but are not limited to Beauty, Faith, Love, Philosophy, Redemption, Suffering, Wisdom, Discipleship, Ethics, Psychology, Science and Faith, Theology, Worldviews… Here are a few…
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE HAPPY. From moms to mailmen. From artists to athletes. From monks to models. From preachers to politicians. Philosopher Blaise Pascal is unequivocally correct when he says, “All men seek happiness. This is without exception.”[1] But experience tells us that not everyone is happy, that happiness eludes us. Why is that? In…
“Ultimately, it’s not whether ‘God is dead.’ But whether a good God is dead.”
When I was younger, I lived life to the extreme and for the extremes. I had no overarching purpose, so I assumed one from the abundant possibilities of my anxious lifestyle. I quickly moved from one place to another, one girl to another, one job to another. I was on the fast track to the…
But the dark side of therapy I’m referring to goes beyond sexual impropriety to include the more elusive ethos of breaking the boundary of personal values.
Aha moments can be disastrous. If we spend our lives going from one aha moment to the next, we’ll miss out on the simple yet splendid day-to-day routine of life. Admittedly, day-to-day routines can sometimes feel apathetic and unfulfilling. But they’re how we make progress to get to the next level of our maturity. Aha…
IMAGINATIVE apologetics promotes and pursues what classical apologetics lacks: meaning through metaphor. This lack is not the focus of the book but rather the catalyst, which is to complement the rational and evidential with the imaginative.
Hello Friends and Family, My mind is constantly swirling with creative ideas. I’ve never been so inspired to write and yet I’ve never been so discouraged and broken. Momentarily, personal matters have culminated into a powder keg. Pray. Breathe. Exercise. Pray. Write. Work. Pray. Have been my constant companions who’ve gotten me through these waves…