Author Archives: Sam Augsburger

The debates have waged on for millennia: is God one, or three, or more? What are the implications of these positions? How important is it that we decide? Can we know? Well, enough with the rhetorical questions . . . … Continue reading →

Great Is Thy Faithfulness is an old favorite hymn of mine. In one of its lines it proclaims, “There is no shadow of turning with thee.” I find comfort envisioning a God that does not whimsically morph from friend to foe, … Continue reading →

I grew up with a version of Christianity that focused primarily on my salvation. It was all about my forgiveness, my transformation, my destiny, and my eternal reward. It was about my ticket to heaven rather than damnation to Hell. … Continue reading →

He did it! Dad made it through the portal. It was an intense struggle. He labored from Saturday afternoon until 2:15 AM Monday morning, balancing the need to breathe with the desire to let go. In his last breath his … Continue reading →

In August of last year I posted a piece about my father. Therein I examined the ways in which he is a slice of God. He became this slice by choosing to live in grace, to walk by faith, to … Continue reading →

For the past several weeks the lyrics of a song written by a contemporary prophet have been rolling through my head. I can’t shake them. They stir a wide range of emotions and tensions. I hope they move you to … Continue reading →

Recently one of my blog readers said to another, “He should write a book!” It was then that I realized I had gone overboard in my efforts to avoid pushing my book into the faces of my readers. Little did … Continue reading →

This recent election brought so many complex issues and raw emotions to the surface. I have friends who are dishing out homemade justice, while others are shielding themselves from pure hatred. As far as the media is concerned, it is difficult … Continue reading →

When I gaze at the stars, I feel small. Beyond the light-noise that fills our nighttime skies are massive collections of stars: an estimated 10 trillion galaxies. Some physicists estimate there are 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in the universe as a whole, … Continue reading →

If your system of beliefs is totally consistent, then you may have cause for concern. Allow me to give you some background for this assertion . . . We must start with Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead, who published … Continue reading →