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The Sleep Deprived Pastor

A blog by Marcus Aurelius in General

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Highly caffeinated sermons, meditations, reflections and essays on Christian faith and living, contemplative spirituality, theology, comparative religion, and interreligious dialogue from a full-time United Methodist pastor, and  the proud, but sleep deprived father of a baby girl. I'm a long-time member of the UM Forums and Blogging Community and it's good to be back!!

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He is Risen: How an Atheist Came to Believe in the Resurrection

When I was very young, my mother used to read to me from the Bible and tell me stories about Jesus; and as a kid I loved hearing those stories. My eyes used to go wide with amazement when she would tell me how He calmed storms, walked on water, gave sight to the blind, made the lame walk and how He rose from the dead. I believed those stories without question; I loved this Jesus very much and I prayed to Him every night before going to bed. I felt that He was really there, really listening, and
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Marcus Aurelius

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Belief in the Unseen

I was asked yesterday in a friendly discussion how I "could believe in a God that is unseen", and indeed; why would I need such a belief at all to be a "good human being?" These were very good questions; questions that I once wrestled with myself as an atheist. The basic idea is this: something needs to be seen to be believed in; a thing cannot be true unless we are able to verify it empirically. Religion, then, was something that 'primitive' man used to cope with the forces around them. A fla
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Marcus Aurelius

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How To Walk On Water

How To Walk On Water All one has to do is look first at the book of Job to see why we suffer. It is to teach us faith. What is faith, unless it is something that can be challenged, unless it has obstacles? Remove these challenges, remove these obstacles, we are left with acceptance, not faith. Job though he was a pious and righteous man, blessed with material prosperity did not yet know true faith, he had acceptance, belief. It wasnt until Satan took, one by one, the things that he loved and c
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Marcus Aurelius

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