In the beginning, I claimed that all Jesus’ teachings have the goal of enabling a person to attain and maintain a state I said he called...

The term “kingdom of heaven” or “kingdom of God” meant different things to different people in New Testament times.  What it meant to...

The first time I was told, “Jesus is coming soon ,” I was twelve years old, in seventh grade.  My friends and I had no reason to doubt...

When I first conceived The Way of Peace , I set myself the task of accounting for every time Jesus used the word “Kingdom” in the...

Here we examine various other well-known Jesus sayings for their possible pertinence to The Way of Peace. “Even the hairs of your head...

Working on the post “ Other Jesus sayings ,” which will probably appear in December, I must soon deal with Jesus saying, “A prophet is...

Kirk preaches at chapel at the homeless shelter where I stay, the second Wednesday of each month.  He appears to have an emotional...

One more failed end times prophecy (This may get incorporated into a later post about end times beliefs in the First Century.  But for...

I am working on the post, “ Other Jesus sayings ,” which quite possibly may not appear until December; and learning some things I never...

This concept has puzzled me.  It’s prominent in a number of the hymns they make us sing in chapel at the shelter, [1] but no one...

This past week, in the comments sections of news articles, I’ve been called a commie more times than I can count. There is also the...

This post has been on tap for years; I’ve come to feel the time to write it is now.  On the one hand, however, I hardly feel I know what...

I have been wary of telling this, because the thing hinges on an abstraction that not everyone may be in a position to grasp.  But in...

At this point in my life, I’m not keen to learn a whole new complicated system. I may have no choice. A couple Saturdays ago, my morning...

What’s in your heart? Someone who means to scam you is likely to complicate her or his story no end, to the end of first making it...

(Adapted from a letter to my brothers dated 06/22/13.) For a while, I’ve wanted to tell you about a couple interesting guys in my world,...

The serotonin levels of the members of a community profoundly affect the degree of harmony and prosperity (shalom) in that community....

Social predation consumed more of Jesus’ energy than any other single issue.  This comes to my attention lest my current ambitions for...

Ethnic differences don’t all need to be A Problem. A certain woman has struggled for some years with alcoholism.  I have followed her...

Part I:  Issues with upcoming posts If I’ve learned anything in the past two years, it’s this: (1)  The Way of Peace works, and my...