Dec 26, 2017
We all live our lives based on a story. By which story are you living? God is a risky author-actor: he lets other subjects and beings have a role to play in his own very play. We can say no, we can somewhat alter the story. But if we're going to join God at recess, we'll be asked to play by the guidelines of his...
Dec 22, 2017
Which story influences your life? The Bible is a story, with God as the main actor and author, that is meant to influence all lives. But, just what is a narrative approach to theology or to life? (I also review the movie Wonder).
Dec 19, 2017
Reason cannot stand on its own. An unbounded reason often turns into a bone-crushing monster. For example, in some cultures it is reasonable to euthanize the mentally handicapped, or treat women as less than fully human. So, reason needs faith. The problem is that our Post-Cartesian society has made us swallow the blue...
Dec 15, 2017
Just thinking about reason submitting to faith sounds ominous! Does that mean we turn our brain off? Does that mean we only think "Christian" thoughts? I also discuss chronological snobbery, a weird experience I had a coffee shop, and a shopping trip to Home Depot. Come and think with me!
Dec 11, 2017
Christian culture assumes that all doubt is evil. Some might be. But what if there was doubt that was not only not evil but actually positively beneficial? How might doubt be a blessing? The Lord would rather have your honest doubt than your fake faith. Come and think and laugh with me!