faith
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Making Sacrifices
There are times when, in the furtherment of the divine cause, we have to make sacrifices. We are human beings with real emotions, and we are empathic creatures, which means we feel each others’ pain. Sometimes, if someone around us is going through some challenging emotional experiences, we will pick up on that, and feel… Continue reading
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Thoughts About the Afterlife
To be honest, the nature of the afterlife is a complete mystery to me. It seems to be part of our human nature that we can only speculate on the afterlife during this life. I do, however, have a faint vision of what the afterlife might be like. I believe that angels and other spiritual… Continue reading
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The Gift of Healing
Throughout history certain fortunate individuals have been blessed with the ability to heal. Jesus is the obvious example, along with other saints and prophets and holy people. It seems to me that I may have been blessed with that kind of a spiritual gift. I am able to empathise with people’s suffering because, in a… Continue reading
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Everything is Sacred
Just a quick thought for the day. Part of our human nature is tiredness. Personally, I don’t get bored much, but I hear other people complaining of boredom all the time. If you are a spiritual person you will know that everything is sacred. Every word we write is sacred. Every sip of each drink… Continue reading
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The Nature of God
Over the centuries, philosophers and theologians have often struggled to understand the nature of the God who we so often discuss. God doesn’t reveal His nature to everyone all the time, but instead different people are given different understandings and insights into the way God is, at different times in their lives. I believe that… Continue reading
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Truth, God, Morality and Ethics: Conversations with Martin (part 2/2)
This is the second part of my email conversation with a friend in which we began by discussing panentheism (see Conversations with Martin (part 1/2)), and then moved on a variety of subjects including free will, the nature of God, morality and ethics, and more. Each discussion topic is prefaced with a question, which will… Continue reading
About STEVEN
Steven Colborne is an author, musician and counsellor from the United Kingdom. On this blog he writes about philosophy, religion and spirituality and shares a variety of personal articles.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind, and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
