Below is a collection of Dr. McGlaughlin’s most recent observations (500+). Most of these observations are made throughout the course of everyday life, captured by dictation, and added to FlintsNotes.com. You can read more about the observation capture process here. The content here changes 5 days a week, so be sure to check back often. Also, feel free to leave a comment in the comments section of each observation.

March 7, 2008

On the Trap between Simplicity and Paradox

I have noticed that faith necessarily involves certain tensions. We live with paradoxes between grace and works, between the visible and the invisible worlds, etc. I […]
February 27, 2008

On the Danger on Viewing Grace as Entitlement

There are some times when God lavishes grace on a person. We should be grateful for such times, but we should also be alert against a […]
February 23, 2008

On the Delusion in Stability and Achievement

It seems that we can strive for a certain level of stability and achievement in our life. And finally, when we approach this level, we settle […]
February 19, 2008

On Wordsworth and the Brevity of Life

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from […]
February 15, 2008

On Prayer as Living

As years pass, I have noted increasing changes in my prayer life. Often, I am filled with a deep sense of passion. Sometimes, it occurs while […]
February 15, 2008

On Moment by Moment Motive Analysis

I am learning as time passes that rest comes only when I am in the present tense. So many conflicts of perception and reality make planning […]
February 2, 2008

On Time and Illusion

I think there is a great danger in living in a sustained period of peace. It creates a mental fog. One begins to operate within an […]