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Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – II Last time we looked at God’s providence. That is: God’s care and working in our world. Now we will look at miracles. That is: God working in particular situations. The traditional way of looking at miracles was to say that on occasion God […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – IV We turn now to the providence of God. When we speak of the providence of God, we are talking in general terms about God’s care for the world and of his ability and desire to help the world. In this column, we are […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD III Continuing with the framing of the discussion. 4) It will be helpful to change our image of God. Using the thinking of Plato, God was thought of as immobile perfection. God was and is everything in an eternal now. There could be no change […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD – II We continue with the framing of the discussion. 3) The world and universe used to be commonly thought of as quite mechanical. This, of course, was compatible with the Deist’s image of God. The world was thought to act much as a machine. […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, GOD’S INTERACTION WITH THE WORLD This is the first in a series of columns based on the book of the same title by John Polkinghorne. He is a professional scientist. Later in life, he became an Anglican priest interested in theology. He is knowledgeable but not a professional theologian. He […]

January 10, 2010 Dear People Whom God Loves, SPECIAL INVITATION Have you been hurt by bishops, priests, deacons, sisters, brothers or anyone else in a leadership position in the church?
If so I invite you to join us. Have you hurt others in the church or not in the church?
If so I invite you to join […]

October 25, 2009 Dear People Whom God Loves, RELIGION IN A NEW CULTURE III We continue to work with the image of God as Love. God is spirit and while our human loves give us a pointer to Love, they fall short. We should therefore not conclude that Love works just like human love works. […]

October 18, 2009 Dear People Whom God Loves, RELIGION IN A NEW CULTURE II I think we start out thinking of God as a great being up in the sky. It probably was necessary that we start out like that. Our image was likely of someone like us human beings but being all powerful and […]

October 11, 2009 Dear People Whom God Loves, RELIGION IN A NEW CULTURE I I just started reading a long and dense book entitled A Secular Age by Charles Taylor. One sentence caught my eye. He reminded me that in the year 1500, it was almost impossible not to believe in God. In the year […]