by Rich Hansen | Jun 27, 2019 | Worldview
Last June 23, Ethiopia’s then recently appointed new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, was attacked by bomb throwers during a huge rally attended by thousands in Meskel Square in the heart of Addis Ababa. I could easily imagine it, as I have stood in Meskel Square...
by Rich Hansen | May 29, 2019 | Worldview
Memorial Day, like Labor Day, has never resonated with me. Like many Americans, the two days signal the traditional beginning and end of the summer season, but little else. Regarding Labor Day, I’ve experienced nothing in my 60+ years to even remotely connect me with...
by Rich Hansen | May 16, 2019 | Provocative Questions
Throughout my career as a pastor and teacher, I have had two very different challenges defending the Christian faith. For the first 30 years since I was ordained in 1980, my challenge was to defend Christian orthodoxy from an Enlightenment worldview in which human...
by Rich Hansen | May 10, 2019 | Provocative Questions
Did you know we are in the middle of a bee crisis? Bees buzz around my spring flowers just as they always have. But bees are in trouble, and so are we. While paging through my local nursery’s booklet looking for new bushes to plant, I came across troubling news....
by Rich Hansen | Apr 25, 2019 | Provocative Questions
My church’s Easter Sunday celebration included prayer for the hundreds of victims who died in the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka just a few hours earlier. Thinking about men, women and children blown to bits while sitting in an Easter service just as I did that...
