An “anointed stone of David”? A “Rug of Faith” (also called “Prayer Rug”)? You’ve likely run across other so-called sacred/blessed/anointed items (like coins, cloths, holy water) promoted by certain ministries.…
Rocks and Rugs
Tag: discernment
What’s Up with Stoicism?
A friend who asked about Stoicism (April 2024) had been reading up—and seemed intrigued. Little did I know there were numerous books out on the subject! It seems impossible to…
“Ask the Holy Spirit to Tell You?”
I’ve written before on the general topic of “Ask God to Tell You?” What triggered this new post was an instruction I read for making an Oikos map. I’d not…
The Medium of Media
Webster’s defines a spiritual medium as “an individual held to be a channel of communication between the earthly world and a world of spirits.” People who go to such a…
Logical Fallacies
I’m perplexed—(and a bit creeped out)—that it seems increasingly difficult to have a rational conversation with people. Just as an example, during 2020–2022 I sometimes said to friends, “I don’t…