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Tag Archives: reality
A Skewered Look at Life
Skip to conten My Featured Blogger this week is Rolli of Rollistuff. Rolli is a writer, cartoonist and songwriter, as well as the author of acclaimed books for adults and children, including Kabungo and The Sea-Wave. His fiction, poetry, essays, cartoons and … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes, Writing
Tagged blogging, cartoons, Featured Blogger, funny, life, reality, relationships
7 Comments
The Logic of Dreams
Thought for the Week There’s a sort of “dream logic” by which most people live their lives, an unchallenged belief in what will be, even while living solely for what is, or rather for what seems to be. For what … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Poetry
Tagged eternity, illusion, materialism, philosophy, reality, thought for the week, truth
23 Comments
Humility Keeps Us Real
Photo by Kyle Johnson (unsplash.com) Thought for the Week I’m always surprised by the number of attractive, scantily-clad young women who want to be my friends on Facebook—clearly due to my sparkling personality and rugged good looks. Then I see … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Facebook, humility, Jane Austen, Luke 9:48, reality, The Walking Dead, thought for the week
34 Comments
Illusions
Art uniquely reflects our conflicting attraction to and fear of illusions. It strives to reconcile our dueling convictions that, on the one hand, only what we perceive is real; and that, on the other, what we perceive is nothing more … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 2 Corinthians 4:18, art, G.K. Chesterton, illusion, mystery, photoblog, photography, reality
28 Comments
Reality 2.0
Reality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Our external senses don’t tell us everything, just enough to function in the world around us, to pretend it’s orderly and makes sense. In a way it does–in a way. But meanwhile, … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged Albert Einstein, funny, imagination, John Lennon, Rabinadrath Tagore, reality, surreal, truth
25 Comments
That Which Can Be Seen
Next time you meet someone with a strictly “realistic” (materialistic) view of the universe, that only that which can be seen (scientifically observed) exists, point out the following: 96% of the universe is un-observable and is not technically “there.” I … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 2 Corinthians 4:18, materialism, mind-boggling, physics, reality, science, space-time, truth
36 Comments
Perception vs. Reality
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” ~Hamlet I have some hearing loss. It probably began back when I played in rock bands (who knew?), and then took a turn for … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Quips and Quotes
Tagged eternity, hearing, Max Planck, perception, physics, quantum, reality
27 Comments
Believe in Yourself?
Last week, I wrote a post entitled Celebrate Yourself! And now this. What’s up? Have I suddenly gone all theologically squishy? Allow me to explain. I usually cringe when I see “Believe in Yourself” articles. Because, while in theory belief … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir, Movies, Religion/Faith
Tagged affirmations, clebration, narcissim, reality, self esteem, trust
28 Comments
Illusions
“The value of an illusion (is) that the shadow can be more important than the substance.” ~Jean Rhys “Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion.” … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged illusion, Judith Guest, Judy Garland, M.C. Escher, mystery, optical, reality, truth
21 Comments
We’re All Just Ants on the Sidewalk
Socrates said, “The only thing that makes me wiser than anyone else is that I know I know nothing.” It’s good to remind ourselves from time to time how clueless we truly are. Think of it this way: You are … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged creation, John 1:1-3, Matthew 1:23, reality, science, universe
20 Comments