Author: Ralph Rickenbach

The Centrifugal Power of Jesus’ Example Christianity believes that the world is divinely created, but has faulted to meet its purpose. I would put this very differently. Everything is created with a purpose, and we (and by that, I mean the individual, humanity as a whole, and the universe) are on a journey into our…

I ask myself why we keep calling the Fall “the Fall”. I for a long time thought that I have to call it so, as it seemed to be the correct term to easily have people know what I am talking about. Now I believe that it just evokes bad associations. It somehow demands seeing…

The heart’s real intentions are like deep water;but a person with discernment draws them out. Pro 20:5 When we look at the time the Bible was written, there was no notion of inner work. Though the Bible is talking about the soul, it is only in the last century or so that humanity developed an…

Is that even allowed to be said today? There are actually people who are intellectually highly gifted. This goes so far that these people not only think more and faster than the average, but in a profoundly different way. How different is very difficult to describe because not all highly gifted people think the same…

I was diagnosed with autism about a year ago, which freed me up quite a bit. Many things fell in place, and I understood some of my shortcomings and challenges throughout my history much better. Let me explain: I think that I am in the midst of the largest positive disintegration I experienced in my…

Let me tell you something: I am not a pastor, I am more of a teacher, and I tend to teach the 100% solution, knowing full well that it does not seem to be applicable to pastors. To me, it does, and the only way to prove me wrong is if you implement my solution…