Category: Faith

Faith Philosophy Recovery

On Relapse

Today we’re going to tackle Principle 7, which says: Principle 7: Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will. Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact […]

R. L. Solberg 
Faith Philosophy Recovery

On Amends

This lessons covers Principe 6 (of the 8 Principles) and Step 8 (of the 12 Steps), which are: Principle 6: Evaluate all my relationships. Offer forgiveness to those who have hurt me and make amends for harm I’ve done to others, except when to do so would harm them or others. “Happy are the merciful” and “Happy […]

R. L. Solberg 
Culture Faith

A Pharisaical Phenomenon

Recently I found myself in an online discussion with a friend in which I was critical of a satirical meme I felt promoted a cynical, anti-Christian narrative. My point was that we need to give our fellow believers, even the wealthy ones, some grace to be human and flawed. No one really knows the heart of […]

R. L. Solberg 
Culture Faith

The Matter of Friendly Fire

Have you seen those posts on social media about why no one sings in church anymore or 5 things Christians should stop saying, or maybe those memes of Republican Jesus aimed at pointing out the hypocrisy of born again right-wingers? Apparently, it’s now trendy for Christians to slam other Christians. While at times I agree […]

R. L. Solberg 
Culture Faith Philosophy

A Counter Perspective

For me, looking at an issue from a completely different angle really helps provide some perspective. I like to consider what it might look like when viewed from the opposite side of the table. Imagine if this was how the news stories read late Friday night: “During their attack on the Bataclan concert hall witnesses […]

R. L. Solberg 
Culture Faith Philosophy

Adrift At Sea

Unlike any time in our nation’s history, we are seeing a horrible cultural phenomenon where people who are disturbed, evil, and/or mentally unhealthy are deciding that mass murder is a viable option for them. You can’t argue with the fact that Americans today have relatively easy access to guns. But we’ve had easy access to […]

R. L. Solberg 
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