Jonathan Midgett

Insouciant introvert, childish psychologist, fustian father, avid composter, fig farmer, banausic fantast.

 Jonathan Midgett
Articles
Pride and Preference

Pride and Preference

There are many different threads to expressing spirituality, including truth-seeking, service, preaching, mysticism, and expressing emotions. Pride can easily corrupt these expressions, whereas balance and humility enables engaging various spiritual expressions without denigrating others.
Rending and Mending

Rending and Mending

Divisions tear social fabrics, fraying relationships. Scripture warns against divisiveness as fleshly behavior opposed to unity. Love and harmony should prevail over divisions. Mend nets instead of rending garments.
Science and Faith, or, Swallowing Camels

Science and Faith, or, Swallowing Camels

Science and religion rely on faith and reasoning; both test hypotheses about life and the afterlife through lifelong experiments. Disparaging either is arrogant exaggeration; humility about the limits of knowledge is needed.