By Joe Johnson
Posted: July 21, 2024
The Oxford Dictionary classifies “Faith” as a noun, as a complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Specifically “Faith” is recognized as a strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. That’s how most/all of us view Faith. That’s why we can say we’ve
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By Joe Johnson
Posted: February 23, 2024
The story of the Prodigal Son is very well known. That kid who squandered, was selfish and was arguably dismissive of the love given to him. His father never gave up on him and welcomed him with open arms, a feast, jewelry, robes, etc…but… there was the other brother. That brother who went to college,
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By Joe Johnson
Posted: February 5, 2024
Superbowl LI (51 because for some reason we Americans use Roman numerals for a bastardized version of rugby that we stole from our Imperilist Brittish past)…Anyway, Superbowl LI was February 5th in 2017. Pats won. Lady Gaga killed it at halftime. At the time it almost seemed insignificant…I didnt care for either team…I rooted for
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By Joe Johnson
Posted: January 1, 2024
It is a New Year, and many have undoubtedly made “resolutions” for the upcoming year that the overwhelming majority will be broken by March. “New Year, New Me”…I cannot be the only person who cringes at these words, love the sentiment but… come on, really?. The calendar is an arbitrary temporal marker as established by
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By Joe Johnson
Posted: December 10, 2023
I’ve spent the past few weeks in preparation for Christmas. A holiday that some of the Christian faith celebrate through the beginning of January. A holiday, that for many has become a secular celebration. More snowmen and Snoopy decor is sold than mangers and wisemen. Yet, Luke 2 is one of the most renown stories
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By Joe Johnson
Posted: December 1, 2023
I promise it is not as self serving as the title insinuates. It is December 1st, so everyone has one thing on their mind: Christmas…it is the time we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Cards, songs, movies, sermons…everywhere you turn this time of year seems to focus on the arrival of Christ. The very air
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By Joe Johnson
Posted: September 14, 2023
Welcome. My name is Joe Johnson, author of Praying With An Atheist. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about Praying With An Atheist. This project is very special to me, and I hope to share some of that excitement with you here. I’ll be using this blog to interact
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