Writings mostly on spiritual, philosophical and science topics, with family happenings. 2026-05-28T03:23:06.939Z Larry Grove Copyright 2026 Larry Grove https://www.grovelife.com/index.html

Growing from our feelings to a healthy whole heart.

2026-05-26T07:00:00.000Z 2026-05-28T03:23:06.939Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20260526_feelings_and_heart.html

A recounting of the historical Jesus and his message.

2026-03-26T07:00:00.000Z 2026-04-27T15:10:29.494Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20260326_AboutJesus.html

My cello performance of a cello-piano duet, with recording.

2026-01-25T08:00:00.000Z 2026-03-08T00:23:53.244Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20260126_BrahmsCelloRecital.html

Consciousness is mysterious, and the best explanation for it comes from the story of God creating humans.

2025-11-28T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-12T15:21:16.214Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20251128_BeingThinkingConscious.html

The gospel taught by Jesus and by Paul is simple, and it works to improve all people and cultures.

2025-10-20T07:00:00.000Z 2026-05-06T03:48:38.779Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20251020_GospelPaulCulture.html

Christianity has many elements that are weird, but they are interesting, in context they make sense, and they are practical.

2025-09-26T07:00:00.000Z 2026-05-06T03:58:16.261Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20250926_ChristianityWeird.html

A music theory introduction that is oriented to basic musical accompaniment.

2025-08-27T07:00:00.000Z 2026-03-11T15:43:27.743Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20250827_music_theory_intro.html

The best way to interpret Jesus' statements about the bread and wine of the Lord's Supper is that it is a remembrance.

2025-08-01T07:00:00.000Z 2026-04-16T16:26:09.999Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20250801_JesusBreadWine.html

Experiencing sea caves by kayak at Cape Flattery.

2025-07-29T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:12:58.973Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20250729_KayakCapeFlattery.html

A spiritual life is practicing awareness of God’s presence in everyday experiences.

2025-07-04T07:00:00.000Z 2026-05-06T04:01:26.796Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20250704_ASpiritualLife.html

Washington coast kayak camping trip by La Push.

2025-06-30T07:00:00.000Z 2025-12-26T06:26:57.060Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20250701_KayakLaPush.html

A spur of the moment road trip to Crater Lake.

2025-06-27T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:13:42.060Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20250627_OregonRoadTrip.html

My cello performance of the movie theme from Schindler's List, with recording.

2024-11-09T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:14:07.909Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20241109_cello_recital.html

Upgrading the house to 200 amp electrical service for an electric range.

2024-10-27T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:14:19.360Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20241027_moreHousePower.html

A tale of two birthdays and candles on their cakes.

2024-10-04T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:15:42.277Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20241004_MelanieBdayDinner.html

A nighttime kayak tour and some cello music.

2024-07-07T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:15:35.131Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20240707_biolum_celloMusic.html

A compare and contrast between worlds that humans make and the one humans live in.

2024-05-15T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-22T14:24:17.771Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20240515_MakingWorlds.html

What is the source of abstractions such as math?

2024-03-09T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-12T15:50:58.136Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20240307_WhereUniversalsFrom.html

Is Christianity exclusive or inclusive? What does Christianity offer?

2024-02-26T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-12T16:06:48.317Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20240226_ChristianityExclusive.html

Quantum theory is suggested to support strong determinism, but that and determinism itself are doubtful.

2023-12-19T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:15:55.311Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20231219_quantumDeterminism.html

All beliefs about the origin of our universe begin in the supernatural; an intelligent personal agent as the ultimate cause is the best explanation among several.

2023-09-07T07:00:00.000Z 2026-05-04T15:35:49.968Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20230907_EveryBelievesSupernatural.html

Biking from the other side of Snoqualmie Pass to home by bike trails.

2023-08-04T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:16:23.427Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20230804_BikeHyakBothell.html

A rational defense for the reasonableness of Jesus being God as well as being a man.

2022-11-26T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-05T05:16:42.965Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20221126_GodManJesus.html

My evidence and rationale for why I am still a Christian.

2022-09-14T07:00:00.000Z 2026-05-14T15:31:30.740Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20220914_WhyStillChristian.html

An explanation for why there is so much variation in theology and why it doesn't matter.

2022-09-13T07:00:00.000Z 2026-05-06T04:17:35.238Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20220913_ChristianTheologyDetails.html

The information in living systems requires a source; evolutionary natural selection is a dumb search for life and as a natural process fails to supply it.

2022-07-10T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:17:14.294Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20220710_SearchAndConservationInfo.html

A thesis of what leadership is and all that can be involved in it.

2022-01-23T08:00:00.000Z 2026-05-15T03:29:54.293Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20220123_WhatIsLeadership.html

A thesis and rationale that God's primary motivating value is beneficial love.

2022-01-18T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:17:37.277Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20220118_GodsPrimaryMotivation.html

Scientific explanations answer questions of 'how'. Teleological explanations answer questions of 'why'. These are not in conflict, and both are needed.

2021-12-16T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:17:49.677Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20211216_TwoExplanations.html

Nature is a book that tells a story. It must have an author. We can infer a few things about the author from this book.

2021-12-07T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-27T06:04:02.677Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20211207_GreatAuthors.html

Jesus elevates the mind and reason in the service of love.

2021-09-30T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:20:05.727Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20210930_reasonGreatCommand.html

God has dealt consistently with people across time before and after Jesus; God loves them, and he wants all to love God and love people.

2021-06-12T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:20:20.812Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20210612_godlinessAcrossTime.html

The way we can have a good relationship with God is simple good news!

2021-05-18T07:00:00.000Z 2026-04-02T15:45:55.293Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/simple_good_news.html

Resist temptations to make the gospel complicated; the gospel that Jesus directly taught is simple and profound and is the power of God.

2021-05-16T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:20:32.676Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20210516_SpiritualComplexity.html

Using emotions as a tool to discover the actual values that we hold.

2021-05-13T07:00:00.000Z 2026-05-27T02:53:01.508Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/emotions_values_learn.html

We all believe things; when we have evidence and we are thoughtful about our beliefs they can be reasonable.

2021-01-21T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:20:46.677Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20210121_reasonable_beliefs.html

Rules are derived from principles, but each rule is valid over a limited context. The first principle for Christians is to love others as Jesus loved us.

2020-11-13T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:25:37.470Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20201113_PrinciplesGoodRules.html

Spirituality is not about religious practices or experiences, but is about how much our character is like God's character of beneficial love, and how much we live it.

2020-10-30T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T15:29:46.768Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20201030_WhatIsSpirituality.html

Because of many failures of the theory, the multiverse does not provide a good materialistic explanation for the existence of our universe.

2020-05-02T07:00:00.000Z 2026-04-09T15:57:48.554Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20200502_MultiverseGod.html

An argument that life happening by chance is prohibitively improbable; life being designed is much more plausible.

2020-03-27T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-27T05:59:19.645Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20200327_ProbabilityOfLife.html

Darwinian evolution is based on metaphysics that is not justified by material evidence.

2018-12-11T08:00:00.000Z 2025-12-11T18:06:53.796Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20181211_DarwinianMetaphysics.html

Free will (though limited) really is part of human existence. Rejecting it is foolish, so we need an explanation that accounts for it.

2018-07-03T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-27T05:59:00.989Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20180703_FreeWillAndBiology.html

Sin is not transgression of rules (law); sin is choices of action that do not come from godly love. Instead, righteousness come from sacrifical love that is lived, that is fullfiment of the law.

2016-11-11T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-27T05:47:58.261Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20161111_HowShouldChristiansViewSin.html

Jesus taught his disciples with actions and words at his last Passover supper with them: about love and the mark of a Christian.

2016-07-06T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-27T05:34:30.904Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20160706_HowToRecognize.html

Christian maturity is evidenced by the love one demonstrates. Good doctrine through faith produces this love.

2015-03-05T08:00:00.000Z 2025-11-27T16:42:37.150Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20150305_DoctrineMaturity.html

The 10 Commandments are obsolete after this world and are not even God's standard of morality; instead, Jesus gave us a new command that endures in his kingdom.

2015-03-01T08:00:00.000Z 2025-11-27T16:51:52.041Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20150301_CommandmentsOldNew.html

Doctrine is accepted beliefs related to God; it value lies in understanding of the Gospel for the purpose of living it.

2015-02-05T08:00:00.000Z 2025-11-27T17:05:11.629Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20150205_ValueOfDoctrine.html

As humans we have limited knowledge of what God is doing, but God has always been clear about his expectations of us.

2015-02-01T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-27T04:40:24.650Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20150201_GodNeverTricks.html

Theology is constructed in a process that involves humans with limited knowledge and understanding; this should result in humility and in love to others.

2015-01-04T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-27T04:34:13.996Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/20150104_CanWeKnowTheology.html

An explanation of the process of forgiveness in the form of questions and answers.

2011-02-05T08:00:00.000Z 2026-04-06T05:17:43.651Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/forgiveness_faq.html

Seven principles that work to make good relationships.

2010-08-27T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-17T16:24:29.030Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/seven_principles.html

A discussion of the good news of the kingdom of God from a value system perspective.

2009-10-06T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-17T16:28:10.246Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/valueSystem_distinctives.html

The perspective of the value system of God is significant to me for understanding and practice of Christianity.

2009-10-05T07:00:00.000Z 2026-05-12T16:24:58.643Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/meaningful_to_me.html

Questions and answers about Christianity.

2009-09-24T07:00:00.000Z 2025-10-17T16:16:20.226Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/christianity_faq.html

A collection of improved theological explanations that derive from a value systems perspective.

2009-09-09T07:00:00.000Z 2026-03-09T16:12:30.476Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/theology_better_explanations.html

Questions and answers on the value system of God and on theology.

2008-12-22T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-26T05:41:07.426Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/theology_faq.html

Christianity explained from the perspective of value systems and relationships.

2008-11-04T08:00:00.000Z 2025-10-17T16:23:12.628Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/relationship_christianity.html

The essence of the good news in Christianity.

2007-01-03T08:00:00.000Z 2026-04-15T02:10:11.772Z https://www.grovelife.com/pages/essential_christianity.html