I don’t believe in the power of elephants. Too many of my acquaintances (whom I will generally call society) stiffen at the thought of them. Fear bound and still, with lips pursed and forearms crossed, they whisper over frigid shoulders, “There’s an elephant in that room.” Fingers pointed, they tell their circles, “Don’t look now,…
Category: Essays
On the Will of God
I consider the Will of God to be something perhaps very distinct from the Desire of God. Yet the two are often equated. People say things like,“It is not God’s will that anyone should suffer,” or “it is not God’s will that I do this or that with my life.” People of faith are often…