BP70 My name is Thomas. I killed myself when I was ten. At least I was convinced I had. I thought I was gone forever. I didn’t kill me the…

BP69 Do you ever sense the presence of evil in your soul or in the world around you? Do you sometimes feel it in the room with you when you…

BP68 All of us are familiar with autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Sadly, individuals on the low end of this spectrum can be disabled to such a degree that…

BP67  Sometimes I hate my heart. It feels too much, too deeply. Especially at times of loss, death, and goodbyes. Separations are absolutely a post-fall phenomenon, arriving after original sin…

BP66 Just before Jesus introduced the parable of the Prodigal Son, He tells us in Luke 15:10, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one…

BP65 Psychologists are known for some memorable quotes. It was Abraham Maslow who said, I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat…

BP64 Have you ever heard of a whammy? Basically, a whammy is something that happens to a person that is powerfully negative and highly unpleasant—like an unexpected blow to the…

Listening to God instead of Unspoken Family Rules BP63  Sarah was fifteen when she killed her father. She should have known better. She did not use a weapon to murder…

BP62 Have you ever heard of the Kola Superdeep Borehole? I hadn’t until recently. In 1970 (or possibly 1965), Russian scientists on the Kola Peninsula near Murmansk decided to drill…

BP61 Then turning to the woman, he [Jesus] said to Simon, ‘Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she…