Doubt
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My Faith and my Doubt: an Attempted Description
My mind has been circling the big questions again. As usual. And, as usual, I don’t know anything for certain. I don’t have much to say today that I haven’t said before, but perhaps re-framing it will help remind me of my choice. * * * I believe in the God of the philosophers. I Continue reading
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I Need To Write Words: a Lenten reflection
A programming note: My blogging schedule is going to be different next week given that it will be Holy Week. Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday will be given over to reflections about each of their days. Tuesday and Wednesday will be days of poetry. I will then go offline from three p.m. on Continue reading
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Do You Believe in God?
However, from a Christological perspective, the question itself, which everyone seems to take for granted, now comes to signify something else entirely. Instead of the words, Do you believe in God? Meaning Do you believe there is empirical data to assent to the existence of an extra-linguistic Supreme Being governing the universe?, it now refers Continue reading
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Sometimes I wish I didn’t have faith: a Lenten reflection
Sometimes I wish I didn’t have faith. I wish I could pick up, walk away, and live in this world like a normal person. * * * I was talking to a good friend the other day—the kind of friend who just gets me. We’ve known each other for years. She was talking about faith. Continue reading
About Me
Gregory C. Jeffers
Anglican Christian | Husband | Father | Teacher | Scholar | Poet
G. C. Jeffers 