right or wrong, I'll take Jesus

We need to stop looking at Christianity as dualistic sets of ‘rights’ and ‘wrongs’ - for a Christian, there can only be one ‘right’ and that is the good news of Jesus! For a Christian, there is only one ‘wrong’ and that is to know Jesus but not allow him to transform us. What would happen if we, as individuals and as a people, began to re-examine the things we believe are ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ under the  magnifying glass of Jesus? 

-Zonoma

just ask

Do you want to know how a follower of Jesus should live? Ask just about anyone except a Christian. Ask a Buddhist, a Wiccan, a Hindu, or a Muslim. Ask a pagan or an atheist. Don't know any? You might want to start there.*

-Zonoma

*If I am fortunate enough to have any spiritually minded non-Christians reading this blog, feel free to chime in. This is a question I love to ask from time to time myself.

occam's razor

To say, "God healed me" in our post-modern society is a difficult thing and often requires courage. Most of our friends, after hearing that, look on us as if we are slow-witted and to be pitied or, worse, under-educated and un-discerning of the 'logical' processes by which we are now well. This is because, though we are taught that the simplest answer is often the truest, we are also taught that God does not qualify as a simple answer.

-Zonoma

christian

I'm afraid that, here in the West, the term 'Christian' no longer imparts the kind of loving life I want for my children. Too many people accept that label but don't live the life.

-Zonoma