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May 2022

May 23, 2022

I Am God’s Dream

I am grateful to Matthew Paul Turner for sending me a copy of his latest...

December 2021

December 02, 2021

The Blind God and the Blind Watchmaker in Conversation

When Shirley Paulson reached out to me about returning for another appearance on her podcast,...

January 2021

January 28, 2021

Genesis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses

I did in fact end up thinking about how much the view of creation that...

February 2020

February 13, 2020

Day One

Day One The earth was a right old mess When God began to fashion Earth...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Doctor Who: Arachnids in the UK

In a recent interview, Mandip Gill (the actress who plays Yaz on Doctor Who) was...

May 2018

May 07, 2018

Divine Plagiarism

I leave the theme of creation until well into the semester when I teach the...

March 2018

March 17, 2018

Banished from the Heavenly Boardroom

When this was shared on Facebook, the following question was posed in a comment: Did...

February 2018

February 12, 2018

Religion, Spirituality, and the Arts Exhibit

I had the opportunity to make a guest appearance at one session of this year-long...

November 2017

November 04, 2017

Thomas Adès – In Seven Days

"In Seven Days" by Thomas Adès is an unusual composition exploring the seven days of...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

Mr. g

Last night I had the opportunity to attend a dramatic reading of the play "Mr....

March 2017

March 23, 2017

The Implications of Young-Earth Creationism

March 16, 2017

Mr. g at Butler U

Mr. g Monday, April 17, 7:00 PM Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Butler Arts Center Free Play...

February 2017

February 22, 2017

Andrei Petrov, Creation of the World Suite

The above piece by Russian composer Andrei Petrov is but one of many musical works inspired...

February 16, 2017

The Hippopotamus Song

I mentioned previously my hope that students would broaden my horizons. That happened during the...

February 07, 2017

Creation and Creativity

Coming up on February 22nd is an exhibit and performance connected with the seminar on religion,...

October 2016

October 18, 2016

Was God Good Before Creation?

Yesterday I discussed one attempted solution to the problem of evil that students wrestled with,...

October 15, 2016

Compelling Evidence for the Big Bang?

I am surprised that Hemant Mehta is so impressed with this exam answer a student...

September 2016

September 24, 2016

Crowdsourcing Creation in Popular Culture

Having just submitted an article that I had been working on, I am shifting to...

February 2016

February 15, 2016

The Big Story

The above video featuring Rev. Leonard J. Vander Zee offers a very interesting retelling of...

February 08, 2016

Anti-Evolutionism as Stumbling Block

This came to my attention via the Facebook page Science Meets Faith, and I thought...

February 03, 2016

Divine Artistry

It is common for theists to speak of God's artistry in creation. But that image...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

Once Upon a Universe

I hadn't heard this song by Jake Heggie before today. It depicts God as a...

August 22, 2015

Do the Fundamentalist Rocks Cry Out?

Fundamentalists say that the Bible must be trustworthy in everything it says - about nature,...

June 2015

June 01, 2015

Prophets of the Technological Future

I had been meaning to blog about the movie Ex Machina for a while now....

May 2015

May 23, 2015

The Argument from Dignity

This Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal cartoon (HT Hemant Mehta) makes a good point that can...

March 2015

March 13, 2015

Review of The Lost World of Adam and Eve

I'm delighted to be a participant in the Patheos Book Club about John Walton's latest...

March 03, 2015

Do You Know How To Hovind?

Everyone knows that you can Google. Did you know that you can also Hovind? Notorious...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

David Clines on the Varieties of Biblical Creation

Biblical Studies Online shared the above lecture by David Clines, which is about the variety...

January 2015

January 08, 2015

John Walton on Genesis and Ancient Creation Ideas

I became aware today of two talks by John Walton. The first is primarily about...

September 2014

September 08, 2014

RIP Wolfhart Pannenberg

I thought I would share this to mark the passing of Wolfhart Pannenberg, the famous...

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