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April 2017

April 08, 2017

To See God: I Believe in Order to Understand

People know there is a Divine so deeply that it frustrates us. God is so...

April 04, 2017

Have Faith, Seek Understanding

Faith and reason go together for Christian people. Of course, sometimes even good Christian people...

March 2017

March 11, 2017

Just be Practical: Do Science, Have a Mind

"Faith" can be used to escape from reason and wisdom, but should not be. Even...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

Finding Some Sense in My Sensibility

If one were to develop a clickbait test for Austen nerds, What Austen Character Should You...

January 20, 2017

Why Lying is a Such a Serious Sin

Better to die than to tell a lie. Why? Truth is out there, but it...

January 13, 2017

The Pleasant and Unpleasant Sides of Being Lost

Terrifying to be lost as a child . . . looking up in the mall...

January 09, 2017

These are not the mermaids we expected. . .

Today Columbus, the sailor and not the city, had a disappointing day. The report says:...

January 08, 2017

The Greater Erotic

Reason is a harsh corrective to fantasies and dreams. Some dreams cannot be. No matter...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

Mary as Wise Woman: the Improbability of “Just a. . . ” Mary

Mary is the Mother of God. All Christians agree on that truth or they are...

December 16, 2016

The Holly and the Ivy or The Pony and the Elephant

Christmas has traditions that you should change and make your own, but some things get worse...

December 05, 2016

Follow the Star: the Folly of Certainty

Beauty, Truth, and the Good are real. What do I mean by that? Beauty, Truth,...

November 2016

November 15, 2016

Don’t Beware the Super Moon

Tonight my family was having fun filming the Super Moon. You can see our (20161115_011546000_iOS)...

October 2016

October 24, 2016

Love Nature, Because God

Aristotle had a problem. His students did not wish to do science, because mucking about...

October 09, 2016

Going Forward in Beauty: Be of Good Cheer!

I am joyful just now, because this is a great moment for God's people. Too many...

October 07, 2016

A Story Will Save Us

A story is powerful enough to make something false appear attractive. Just now I am...

October 05, 2016

Appropriating Gnome Culture

If gnomes exist, they would and should be mad. We have taken a fierce race...

October 03, 2016

All Hallow’s Coming- On Devils and a Party

I lived between two Halloweens: the time when Christian kids dressed up and had fun...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

No Reason, No Justice (Apology)

Justice is hard to find in these perilous times. if you are a Christian in...

June 26, 2016

What does God need with a Star Ship?

God has "needs" . . . which seems odd. In the worst of the original...

May 2016

May 21, 2016

Waiting for Constantine

Conservatives are rightly skeptical of great men. For every Lincoln, there is a string of...

May 19, 2016

Christianity and the Cultural Crisis

I outlined the tensions of our era in a brief lecture at The Saint Constantine...

March 2016

March 31, 2016

Miracles, Belief, Politics, and a Sane Life

Miracles in a Sane Life I once watched a person run from a meeting cursing...

March 28, 2016

Listening to Lucy: The Short Way to God

The know-nothing and the pseudo-intellectual are the same personality type in different zip codes. The...

March 27, 2016

What Easter Tells Us About Christianity and Reason

Meet an "Internet atheist" (as opposed to someone in higher education) and you will hear...

February 2016

February 21, 2016

Under the Plane Tree: Where Desire Meets Power

Love cannot abide the abuse of power. Or so it seems to me after a...

February 03, 2016

Nations Are Not You and Me OR You Can be Saved but the Nation Cannot

If I take your money without your consent, it is called "stealing." If the government...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

A Wee Little Man

When I was a little boy, the only thing I knew about this man was...

January 29, 2016

Caught by Jesus

The greatest manhunt in history ended in failure when the Romans and the Jewish leaders...

January 20, 2016

Evidence is Extraordinary

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This is a true as far as it goes, except...

January 18, 2016

Religion and Science Need Each Other

Natural science has done good things for humankind. My ability to work while on a...