Category Archives: eldercraft

Moral Power

Divine justice is reality. It is not a restraint in the sense that you cannot sin, but that you cannot understand what sin is, nor the consequences of sin, without understanding God’s Laws. Everything He did in Creation follows His … Continue reading

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Scripture, Serenity and Sexual ID

Some of my readers still suffer from the effects of legalistic literalism in their education. Writing here on this blog, I often use certain terms loosely because of the necessities of parabolic language. I could nail down with precision that … Continue reading

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Hectic Cathexis

Cathexis is a big fat liar. In the study of human behavior, cathexis refers to the tendency to fall in love in the worst sense. Most of us wander through life with an appetite for certain things, a sense of … Continue reading

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Serenity in Tribulation

It’s not your concern. When you manage to dismiss from your mind a broad range of things you cannot and should not try to change, it’s much easier to keep a solid grip on that serenity necessary for God’s glory. … Continue reading

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Confusing the Two

The underlying mythology of our age is rabid materialism married to a grouchy Norse god. This god’s moods range between cold indifference and implacable rage, smiling only when he has played some heartless cruel trick on someone. We think of … Continue reading

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Growing Pains

Over the pasts few weeks I’ve hit hard on fundamentals. It’s one thing to tell you how humanity has gotten some wrong ideas, but it’s another thing altogether to chase out how those ideas bring us into a wholly different … Continue reading

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Global Stewardship

A proper understanding that we do not own any part of this world teaches us to be vastly better stewards of God’s blessings. Though it is we who are deeply flawed and unable to touch Creation as God made it … Continue reading

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Responding to Oppression

There is a distinctly biblical approach, but you won’t see it very often in our society. Governments do their best to provoke and agitate; it’s systemic. They claim otherwise, but the entire culture of Western democratic government service is fundamentally … Continue reading

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You Can Have It, Too

You should not imagine I hold something so incredibly rare and esoteric, as if it weren’t the same gift God offers to everyone. This same peace, sense of purpose and limitless confidence is just the standard results of surrendering to … Continue reading

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Collision Course

The system cannot be fixed. Apparently there is a need to repeat this message, because I see too often folks who should know better expressing powerful emotional involvement in something that warrants no energy at all. Sure, the answers are … Continue reading

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