by Rich Hansen | Mar 27, 2018 | Worldview
Many of my blog posts ask questions about how our worldviews influence our thinking and behavior. So, as Christians celebrate Holy Week this week, it’s a great time to consider two contrasting worldviews at the heart of this week. My image for these competing...
by Rich Hansen | Mar 22, 2018 | Provocative Questions
People who focus on law are called legalists. In the old days, legalists were portrayed as sour-faced folks who forbid any fun or enjoyment and had strict rules about no movies, or dancing, or card playing. Today, “legalist” is a term of ultimate condescension and is...
by Rich Hansen | Mar 15, 2018 | Provocative Questions
Those of us currently celebrating the season of Lent know it is a time of self-examination. This year I have especially been reflecting about the meaning and practice of power. Jesus’ kind of power is so contrary and counter-intuitive to the macho, strutting...
by Rich Hansen | Mar 9, 2018 | Living within Paradox
Most of us get the occasional x-ray. What if an x-ray could be re-purposed to show what is going on inside of us in a new way? During the cold war era, the Soviet Union forbid forms of Western music like jazz and rock-and-roll from entering the country because it was...
by Rich Hansen | Mar 1, 2018 | Living within Paradox
In the blaring refrains of polarized worldviews on guns in America, a new note is being heard. Corporate giants cut their ties to the NRA. Dick’s Sporting Goods refused to carry AR-15’s and to sell guns to anyone under 21. High school students speak convicting...
