So, are humans a disease to this planet or demigods of power, possessing nearly unlimited strength and resilience? Am I the only person wondering if the human race has long outlived the patience of any divine being? 2018 is weird, man. ***** I was raised in conservative Fundamentalism, a sliver […]
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In a long article in this week’s Atlantic, Kurt Andersen builds the argument that America’s teetering march toward extreme individualism and non-rational thinking were pushed over the edge by the relativism of the 60s, and here we are now as a result. “How America Lost Its Mind” (The Atlantic) “In […]
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The amount of controversy kicked up by Rachel Held Evans never fails to amaze me. She says stuff I disagree with, stuff I agree with, and a lot of stuff in between that just represents …. ideas. Not brilliant or heretical or life-altering. Occasionally perceptive, deep, and moving. So it was […]
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I appreciate articles which offer us a glimpse of the tension between personal faith and historic Christian tradition. I’ve rarely found anyone who attempts to hold both feminism and Christianity as complementary worldviews rather than as enemies. Yet Dianna Anderson is living that dream. So to speak. The Atlantic did a […]
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Sometimes I pretend that disparate ideas can actually belong together in a post if I just throw them all in here…. ***** Ecclesiastes tells us it’s better to go to a funeral than a party but that’s still a hard pill to swallow. Attended the viewing on Friday of a […]
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