Phyllis Tickle: I lift mine eyes unto Abell 2744
Phyllis Tickle (1934-2015) Phyllis Tickle died a month ago yesterday. I am very sorry to have never met her. For those who do not know, Tickle was a leader in the emergence (or emergent) church. This...
View ArticleThe same, only different: Islam and Evolution at Wheaton
We’re all connected. Borgny Bay, Chart of Evolution, 1937 There is difference in this world, and there is commonality. Which do you choose? On which side of that fence do you pitch your tent? These are...
View ArticleMusic for Lent: Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska
I first posted this a few years ago. It’s back. Image source: brucespringsteen.net It’s Lent, and I’ve been listening to Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska today. Which is appropriate, IMO. I was a DJ at my...
View ArticleInterview on the Christian Transhumanist Podcast
The Lazarus story from John’s gospel is central for Christian Transhumanists There’s a thing called Transhumanism. Wikipedia describes it as an “international intellectual movement that aims to...
View ArticleThe world is not finite: final questions from the youth of Edina
Master Bertram, Grabow Altarpiece (detail showing the creation of the beasts), c. 1383. I love how the lower section of the robe has been made to look like the sea Greetings, dear readers. I’ve had a...
View ArticlePilgrim at Peachtree Creek
The South Fork of Peachtree Creek at the crossing near the Old Decatur Water Works Some books wait for you to be ready for them, then they call. Elizabeth and I were married in the summer of 1991. When...
View ArticleBrown snakes, gastropods, and the very present darkness
WE MOVED INTO our present house in mid-2015. Whoever landscaped the place really had a thing for rocks. There may be excellent reasons to have rocks everywhere but sometimes they get in the way,...
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