Thoughts like this one give me pause. I don’t know what they prove, but they give me pause. Mostly I’m disappointed that we don’t have flying cars yet. I also wonder if one day gaps like this will measure humanity’s first flight with our first steps on the moon, and the fact that noone’s been …
With the seasonal observations of the euphoria that is experienced by winning football teams and their supporters, Stephen McAlpine reflects on how a joy that seems so complete will fade so quickly (pre-season training will probably commence well before Christmas) contrasts with a joy that is more complete and which will never diminish. I’m a …
I came across the following observation arising out the biblical motif of the book of Judges: “Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Israel was not beset by lawlessness. People were not paying no attention to laws. They did not see themselves as lawbreakers. Israel was beset by anarchy. They were doing what …
Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead writes about the influence that the Bible has had on Western literature. The Bible asks questions, raises issues, and proposes truths about ultimate destinies that culture has engaged with in various ways. To be unaware of that link is to only hear half a conversation. “The Bible is the model …
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