Author: jd croft

• simon says [12/15/2025]

  what is the upside-down kingdom like?

  2025.12.15

• how could God allow this? [12/11/2025]

  how could the Most High allow so much killing, suffering, evil, and injustice?

  2025.12.11

• dark night of the soul [12/9/2025]

  where is the Most High when we are exhausted and feel enveloped by spiritual silence and darkness? what are st. john of the cross’ books “ascent to mount carmel” and “dark night of the soul” about?

  2025.12.09

• delayed gratification [12/7/2025]

  do you want one marshmallow now or two marshmallows in 15 minutes? why is delayed gratification and discipline integral to our hope and lifestyle?

  2025.12.07

• ai landscape update dec 2025 [12/2/2025]

  what’s going on in the ai world right now?

  2025.12.02

• growing old [12/1/2025]

  what are the parabolic characteristics of aging? why do we often project our own insecurities and failures on those younger than us?

  2025.12.01

• my fear [11/28/2025]

  what is my biggest fear? why do most people lie to themselves? what does intellectually honest hope look like?

  2025.11.28

• smartypants smoothie [11/25/2025]

  what happens when you prioritize systematic theology and logical cohesion?

  2025.11.25

• ceo, celebrity, or servant? [11/21/2025]

  is your spiritual leader a ceo, celebrity, or servant? is the person the problem or the system?

  2025.11.21

• heaven here and now [11/18/2025]

  why does Jesus always talk about heaven like it is here and now? what is friedrich nietzsche’s concept of eternal recurrence?

  2025.11.18