by Rich Hansen | Mar 14, 2016 | Living within Paradox
Living within tension is an urgent need today. While polarization bends us toward an either/or world—the black hats (villains) and white hats (heroes) easy to pick out as they ride toward us—real life often resides in both/and tensions. Such nuanced views find little...
by Rich Hansen | Jan 25, 2016 | Living within Paradox
Many of us at times find ourselves living in the paradoxical tensions created between two seemingly opposite extremes. Like throwing a bowling ball toward the pins at the end of the alley, our goal is to avoid the gutters on either side. One alley I find myself...
by Rich Hansen | Jan 18, 2016 | Living within Paradox, Worldview
Good theology, like good bowling, means rolling the ball down the center of the lane. We study theology partly to learn from the gutter balls of history. My bowling analogy came to me while teaching theology for four years at a Christian graduate school in Ethiopia....
