Spirituality

The birth rate is falling. Everyone talks about money and housing. That is true. Still, it does not get to the core. The Core Is Fear People are not having children because they can no longer imagine the future. Because they believe they must be perfect to be parents. Because one mistake today is enough to be disqualified. That is how it feels. It suffocates. What I have learned as a person of faith: God forgives. God even wants us to make mistakes, so that we learn from them. That is not a weakness. That is the ground on which a person can live at all. ...

Today I ended the contact. Not out of anger. Because it had to be — for her and her new partner, and for me. It hurts. The time with her was beautiful. Head and Heart The head knows what it is doing. The heart loves unconditionally. Two different things entirely. Three years of relationship. Three years of friendship after that. And now: silence. Hosea Hosea married a woman who would betray him. He knew it. He did it anyway. Later he bought her back — fifteen pieces of silver and some barley. ...

It began with a question about Satan. But actually it was always something else. Freedom I believe in a God who wants real freedom. Not a simulation — but freedom built into creation itself, even when we use it against him. For me, Satan is proof that this is meant seriously. Whoever can fall is truly free. Imago Dei Created in his image. That is not a goal — it is the starting point. ...