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Pursuing Questions. Exploring Paradox.
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We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us
For all Christians, but especially evangelical Christians like me, the ultimate enemy--often lurking beneath other social movements or ideas--is relativism. Relativism is dangerous because it attacks not this truth or that truth, but the reality of truth itself. ...
Welcome to My Blog–New for 2021!
In Our Bleak Midwinters
Welcome to the fourth week of the Advent season! These past three weeks of Advent I've been reflecting on the Songs of Christmas shared in Luke's gospel. If you missed them, click below: 1st Week--Sing Along With Mary (a most unusual Christmas Carol) 2nd Week--Sing...
Feeling Left Out? Sing Along with Simeon
The non-Jewish world entered Matthew’s Christmas story through the Magi, who followed the star from the east. All of us non-Jews or Gentiles enter Luke’s Christmas story in Simeon’s song. Simeon’s song reminds us what we so easily forget: Jesus came as Messiah...
My Content (What I Write About)
My goal is helping you pursue powerful questions that will lead you into new discoveries—about yourself, the world around you and, especially, God.
Where others give answers that side-step nuance or mystery, I ask questions.
Questions open us up to new truth in ways that easy answers do not. I believe this is particularly true for spiritual issues, where the Christian faith journey has often been described as “faith seeking understanding.” My hope is pursue this journey in ways that challenge our minds and deepen our faith.
“I wouldn’t give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity…..but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.”
Do these words of Oliver Wendell Holmes resonate with you?
- I write for people weary of simplistic answers. By exploring complex issues, my hope is to emerge on the “other side” into a more genuine and truthful simplicity.
- I write for thinkers who believe reality is never captured in a Twitter message, and who need practical ways to keep believing in a “post truth” society.
- I write for explorers who believe the X Files’ promise: “The truth IS out there.” My offer is to journey alongside together seeking the truth (and Truth) that inevitably challenges and expands our current worldviews.
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