Life is short, time is fleeting... What happens after this life?

By Sister Cathian
Today a dear friend of mine sent me an email that contained a [i]link to a news story about the emotional impact the movie “Avatar” has had on many of its viewers. Some have expressed suicidal ideation, and some have told of their feelings of hopelessness. There are support groups springing up online [...]

Sometimes there are things we know, but we just can’t talk about them. We yearn for someone else to free us by bringing up the subject.
But what if the subject is one that brings ridicule and scorn from the hearers? What if it brings disbelief, or results in labels that are untrue but hard to [...]

I’m tired of always cleaning up messes or fixing old stuff or putting away things that are left out as if these are priorities for life. I feel like all we do is mark time, and time just happens to us. We are obviously victims of time and circumstance, when we should [...]

I’ve been noticing lately how some self-identified believer in Christ cringe when you mention the existence of the devil, or the activity of demons. They seem to be in a state of denial about the very existence of beings whom Christ not only cast out of victims of their torment, but they also have forgotten [...]

I enjoyed reading Wm. Paul Young’s book, The Shack, as a feel-good piece of fiction. There is no doubt that God’s love is conveyed through its pages. Forgiveness as a means to healing, and to release one another from personal judgment so that God can deal with those who have committed crimes: these are concepts [...]