by Kevin Murray | Jun 26, 2018 | Encouragement, Life Lessons
(You might know I have a philosophical penchant.) The good old days seem so good to me, not so much because they were simpler (simpler, I say, not easier), nor because they were lived against a superior moral backdrop (though that case could be made), but because as...
by Kevin Murray | Jun 12, 2018 | Life Lessons
Contrary to increasingly popular rumor, and as many of the founding fathers of science knew (see Galileo, Newton, et al.), the reading and application of the Bible in its proper context doesn’t repel science; it propels it… I was taught a bunch of evolutionary...
by Kevin Murray | May 10, 2018 | Life Lessons
I am thoroughly enjoying rereading The Brothers Karamazov, the masterpiece by Fyodor Dostoevsky. In it he writes, “The world says: ‘You have needs—satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don’t hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed,...
by Kevin Murray | Apr 26, 2018 | Challenges, Encouragement, Life Lessons
“When I have found myself at the bottom of a deep, dark well and looked up, my eyes were filled with light.” -James M. Houston, Joyful Exiles I like people. They please and disappoint me. I’m sure I do the same to them. Life follows a challenging pattern: sighs of...
by Kevin Murray | Dec 7, 2017 | Challenges, Encouragement, Life Lessons
Many scoff at the idea that there could be a God since there is so much suffering in the world. They miss that only the existence of God can make sense of the suffering to start. An ant doesn’t question suffering in its life (and if you think it does, this is not the...
by Kevin Murray | Oct 25, 2017 | Life Lessons
Several times this past summer I revived a cherished pastime from childhood—cloud watching. Sweet memories, those lingering afternoons of youth spent staring up at the beautiful drifting clouds, all the while discovering untold shapes of anything imaginable. One day...