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Celebrate Resurrection!

As Christians, why do we mourn the physical “death” of a person? After all, the ultimate purpose of every Christian is to experience eternal life in the presence of God. Therefore, from the standpoint of the person who died in God’s grace, let us “celebrate” with them because their spiritual self is now “resurrected" to eternal life with God. This is especially so when the person had been suffering before their death.

Who and What Guides the Moral Choices You Make?

We all have a certain way of viewing and living in the world through the many choices we make. Our worldviews have generally changed and developed over time as a result of what we have learned from our parents and significant others, from our education and learning, from our various cultural influences, and from our day-to-day experiences. Are there some worldviews and ways of living that are more life-enhancing than others? Are there guides and resources that can help us to discern and decide which ways to live are true, right and good, and will lead us to deeper and more loving and life-enhancing relationships with God, with others, with ourselves, and with creation. We are not perfect. But each day we are called to make a number of moral choices. The basic principle of the Christian moral life is the awareness that every person bears the dignity of being made in the image and likeness of God, who has given to each of us an immortal soul and the gifts of intelligence, self-ref...