Why does a musical artist after receiving an award for singing about murder, sex with lots of different women; while completely full of themself, thank God? The artist is a walking contradiction. Somehow, Jesus has become an enigma; even though he ascended to heaven over 2000 years ago.

I noticed 3 police officers standing outside my neighbors door. After asking me a couple of questions, they informed me that my neighbor was found dead earlier that day in his apartment.

The second thing to do when God seems absent is to do nothing until fire falls from heaven into our hearts. We want to experience God! But when things get stale, you quit. You hate the idea of going through the motions.

What do you do when God is silent? If we want to appear good, we become moral. We follow this external list of actions that make us good and avoid the ones that condemn us as evil. But so many people resent the idea that they need a savior.

My wife is dreading going to the dentist. It's been a while since her last visit and if what she suspects is true, fixing the problem will cost a lot of time, pain and money. Her current plan is to ignore the pain and avoid knowing how bad things really are. Most of us are pretty much the same way about our soul. We know something is wrong, but we keep putting off God; hoping it will just go away.