Category Archives: Ruminations

Fear Not

Posted on December 20, 2020 by DHawthorne

There is a prevailing attitude among Christians in general, and especially among Evangelicals, that faith and hope in Christ mean that somehow, someway, God is going to take negative circumstances and turn them around. Health problems will be resolved, favorable … Continue reading →

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Cancer

Posted on February 12, 2019 by DHawthorne

It was supposed to be a follow-up on a precautionary biopsy, and I wasn’t particularly concerned about the results. Prostate cancer runs in my family, which was the only reason they even did the biopsy at all, but no one … Continue reading →

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Ashes Fell Like Snow

Posted on September 11, 2016 by DHawthorne

I was at work on September 11, 2001, when the call came. I had an appointment in Jersey City that morning, but I hadn’t left for it yet. Our installation manager took the call, and half a minute into it, … Continue reading →

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Dealing With Deceit

Posted on March 20, 2016 by DHawthorne

There are no two ways around it: at some point in your life, you have been deceived, and you will be deceived again. There is something, right now, that you hold in your heart as true, and it is not. … Continue reading →

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The Age of Misinformation

Posted on January 10, 2016 by DHawthorne

This article was originally published in 2012 in the “Focus on Grace” church newsletter. I thought I posted it here long before, and I want to write a followup, so t was important I put it up now. I’ve updated … Continue reading →

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Explaining the Gospel

Posted on October 11, 2015 by DHawthorne

There was once a set of young friends: two boys and two girls, of an age when gender pressures didn’t matter yet. One day, they were playing tag in a playground next to the primary school they attended, and having … Continue reading →

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Prisons of the Mind

Posted on May 17, 2015 by DHawthorne

Note: I am not a psychiatrist, psychologist, or any other kind of mental health professional. These are personal observations, not clinical studies (which would take volumes to cover properly anyway). They need to be taken in that light: I am … Continue reading →

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Making a Change

Posted on January 14, 2015 by DHawthorne

It’s traditional at the start of a new year to think about making changes in one’s life, but it’s been my experience that people seem to concentrate on relatively trivial things when the last digit on the date changes. The … Continue reading →

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The Cross and the Cradle

Posted on December 25, 2014 by DHawthorne

It’s Christmas morning as I begin this post, it’s nice and peaceful, and I’m feeling content. I tend to get contemplative on Christmas (see my other posts at The Wonder of Christmas, and Christmas is for Kids?), and today is … Continue reading →

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The Death of Democracy

Posted on August 20, 2013 by DHawthorne

A remarkable thing has happened … for the first time in over 35 years, former president Jimmy Carter has said something I agree with. In a speech at the meeting of “The Atlantic Bridge” in Atlanta, Georgia, he said, “America … Continue reading →

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