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Why so negative?
There’s method to the madness… My job is not to spew memes of cookie cutter positivity. My job is searching for spiritual problems to solve, then coming up with insights and solutions. Pastors must do the following: Think of a physician. If all they said was “eat healthy” and “have a positive attitude” we’d get… Read more
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Gold Stars
We all fluctuate between the positive parts of ourselves and the negative. The positive attitude movement is so prevalent that when we hear the words “stay positive”, it’s in one ear and out the other. Staying positive in the game of life is not always the answer. Negative thoughts can lead to insights about the… Read more
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Pretenders…
The apostles were aghast because some dude was successfully expelling demons and healing in Jesus’s name, yet they were sometimes struggling to do the same. In their minds the real offense was that this guy wasn’t even a follower of Jesus and his crew. They were the real deal and he was an imposter. Jesus… Read more
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Coercion…
Information and the material world manifest and proliferate ideas, and hence action. Everything is a philosophical stance, from fashion to architecture to consumer products and so on. Your smartphone is a philosophical statement and conduit for ideas, powerful at motivating us one way or another, for or against, left or right. Many people are moving… Read more
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Conspiracies…
It’s too easy to take spirituality and Christian ideas and turn them into garbage conspiracy theories. It’s a rabbit hole generator, like in a sci-fi flick, where each one takes you down a new reality of varying degrees of goodness and evil, real and made up. For this reason I tread carefully to ensure that… Read more
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Not Enough
To accept God is not enough. To believe in God is barely enough… Connection is not a decision one can utter and then it is done by words alone. Likewise, going to church is zero guarantee of anything. Reading, saying words in prayer, rosaries and so on are worthless. Hear my words clearly, worthless. God… Read more
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Pastor Robert Perez 