I Gave Up Too Soon!
Late last year we had some birch trees cut down in front of our house. The trunks were over a foot thick. I thought...
Parable of the Tiled Floor
I walk into a shopping mall. In a central courtyard is a beautiful floor made of different colors and sizes of tiles. Admiring the...
The Myth of “God’s Uncontrolling Love”
John Wesley said God’s providence is a key Christian truth. “There is scarce any doctrine in the whole compass of revelation which is of...
Let’s (Txt?) Talk: Reclaiming Conversation
Perhaps you heard them discussing it on the radio: MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle’s new book, Reclaiming Conversation (Penguin, 2015, 436 pp.). The discussion caught...
Five Ways Science is Spiritual
Advent may be a good time to think about the spirituality of science.
Genuine science is not really secular, but spiritual. Think about its spirituality.
Here...
Only a Natural Cycle!
When war killed the land and the people were slain,
and governments raged, then I heard this refrain:
“It’s only a natural cycle.”
When economists saw how...
Resurrection Body: Physical or Spiritual?
Was Jesus’ resurrection body physical or spiritual? Or don’t those categories apply to what remains, after all, a mystery?
In Salvation Means Creation Healed I...
When Children and Jesus Suffer
It’s possible to get all sentimental and misty-eyed about suffering and forget the real pain, tragedy, and injustice involved.
“The fact of suffering undoubtedly constitutes...
Are Humans Special?
Are humans unique among all living things? Are we special?
The two extremes here are fairly obvious, I suppose:
Yes! Humans certainly are special; unique among...
Medieval America: Exposing Environmental Ignorance
In Europe’s Middle Ages (500-1500), people knew nothing about bacteria and other microbes. So they suffered the consequences in disease and plague.
Today in North...
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