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Grand Illusions

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Sam Augsburger

As a boy I was transfixed with All Is Vanity, an 1892 sketch by Charles Allan Gilbert. At first glance there is a woman beautifying herself in front of the vanity mirror. But by stepping back (or squinting) the larger … Continue reading →

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A Symphony of Diversity

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Sam Augsburger

The universe is a symphony of wonder and beauty, simplicity and complexity, elegance and extravagance. Yet those of us living here in the miniscule sector we call home wrestle with fear and survival, discontinuity and incompleteness, life and death. We … Continue reading →

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Uncertainty and Questions

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Sam Augsburger

For most of my life I have carried around a nagging intellectual uncertainty that resists the absoluteness of the religious doctrines I inherited. How can so many others in the world be so wrong while I carry around the baggage … Continue reading →

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What Brought All This About?

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Sam Augsburger

Over fifteen years ago I came face to face with doubts and questions about God that I had repressed since childhood (details to follow). Since then I have been on a journey of wading through discontinuities within and between sacred writings … Continue reading →

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