There is always more to learn, more to discover. Each discovery opens up a thousand more yet to come. The more I know, the more I realize how much I do not know. God is infinite. God’s love is infinite. God’s heart is infinite. When I was a young pastor in rural Minnesota, an elderly congregant expressed his fear that heaven might be rather boring.  What are we going to do? Sit on a cloud playing a harp? Be locked in an eternal church service? Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335–394 CE) was an early...

YHWH is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? One thing I have longed for, yearned for, sought after, like a thirsty antelope that’s been running for hours in the rocky wilderness – one thing – to live in the Divine House of Love wherein lies Beauty and Truth. Splendor and beauty emanating from their Source. Exploding, swirling nebulae, dancing curtains of aura borealis, breaching humpback whales, shimmering mackerel, scurrying hermit crabs, swaying kelp, baby’s first smile, weathered...

Why are we inundated with lying, corrupt, greedy, immoral, uncaring leaders? How can ICE agents be so cruel? Why is there still police brutality? Why do we elect and follow immoral people? How many media moguls have crashed and burned because of their misogyny? What’s with all these religious leaders caught in scandals? Are these anomalies – a few bad apples? Or is something deeper going on? Some of these toxic people undoubtedly started out as sociopaths, incapable of feeling empathy, but...