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Oct 20, 2019

Interview | David Robertson

Greetings all! Once in a while I’m going to be interviewing people who have inspired me, either in the blogosphere or in the world at large. This is not something I’ve done before, but I’m delighted to kick things off with one of my favourite bloggers, David Robertson, who always writes fascinating posts on his… Continue reading

Interviews, Spirituality

Alan Watts, Buddhism, China, Christianity, faith, Karen Armstrong, mysticism, perennialism, Philosophy, religion, Taoism, truth
Sep 6, 2019

The Pull Towards Jesus

Hi everyone. There’s so much I could share with you today, but I am going to make this post brief because I want to have some quality prayer, worship, and Bible reading time this evening. On Wednesday, with the help of the pastor from a church I used to go to and one of his… Continue reading

Christianity, Scripture

accommodation, Bible, church, faith, God, Jesus, moving home, Philosophy, prayer, Psalm 6, religion, Theology
Aug 26, 2019

Everything is Meaningless

“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” 3 What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south… Continue reading

Reflections, Scripture

Bible, Christianity, Ecclesiastes, faith, God, Philosophy, religion, Theology, truth, wisdom
Jul 25, 2019

What is Causing Our Thoughts? (video)

Hello and welcome to the latest instalment in my Deep Thoughts About God series. Today, we’ll be covering the very important (and often overlooked or misunderstood) topic of thought. What is thought? What causes thoughts to arise in our minds? How do our mental experiences relate to God? Answering these questions is the focus of… Continue reading

Reflections

faith, Free Will, God, Mental Health, neuroscience, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, the human mind, Theology, thought, video, video series
Jul 18, 2019

Modes of Mind (video)

In this week’s Deep Thoughts About God video I offer some reflections upon the various types of mental experience we have and how they relate to an omnipresent God. When we closely examine what constitutes our ‘character’ or ‘personality’, we can see that they are a combination of different types of mental experience which I… Continue reading

Reflections

Consciousness, faith, Free Will, God, Mental Health, mindfulness, modes of mind, Philosophy, philosophy of mind, religion, Spirituality, Theology, theory of mind
Jul 11, 2019

God’s Control of Mental States (video)

Hi everyone! In this week’s Deep Thoughts About God video I discuss what some of the more unusual experiences I’ve had in my mental health journey have taught me about God’s relationship with the human mind. I also talk a bit about how experimenting with some illicit substances (a long time ago!) made me see… Continue reading

Reflections

altered states, Consciousness, drugs, Mental Health, neuroscience, Philosophy, reality, Spirituality, the human mind, Theology

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m a philosopher and author living in the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.

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