Dear Reader, Although Erik sometimes paints a rosy picture of the afterlife, time and time again he stresses that suicide is not the answer to one’s problems. If you struggle, please understand that the information in my blog and my books is no substitute for professional help. Please click here for a list of resources…
Erik on God, Part Three
Oh my god, peeps, I’ve been having a puppy party every day! My daughter, Kristina, has been bringing her two dogs over since they’re painting the cabinets in their new house and the fumes are pretty strong. Every time I take them outside to pee, it looks like a freaking clown car let out! Here…
All About Life, Part One
Oh sadness. Lukas is off to his transfer student orientation (although he’s coming back today but then leaving for good Sunday,) and Annika is also returning to college permanently on Sunday. This is momentous because it’ll be the first time I’ve been without any children living full time in the house. Thinking ahead, I already miss our…
Where Should We Evolve?
Hey all. Thanks for all of the wonderful stories for the possible reality TV show! If anyone else has a story they’d like to share, send them along. The instructions are on yesterday’s post. My vision is still pretty bad. During the surgery, my left eyelid became paralyzed so I have to slather ointment on…
Human Evolution
Time for another contest, people! Here’s the question: What was Erik’s favorite brand of guitar? Email your answer to emedhus@gmail. com. I won’t have time to answer each of them. I’ll just announce the winner after the deadline which is tomorrow at 9:00 AM CDT. Good luck! The post today is a “Best of Erik” one…
Evolution, DNA and All That Junk
Me: Tell me about evolution. It seems weird that, in 50,000 years or whatever, we’ve gone from a little microbe to this point by evolutionary pressure alone. Erik (chuckling): Why? Cuz what we are now is pretty lame? Me: Oh, Erik! Seriously. We’re so complex, biologically. How can it just be from spontaneous mutations? Erik:…
The Origins of Life
Update of the Jesus EVP: I had a YouTube comment from a filmmaker who has all sorts of equipment to analyze voices/sound. He says it’s definitely a man saying yes. So, this is probably the first time anyone has heard Jesus’s voice in over 2000 years. Wow. And he has researched Jesus’s life (I suppose…