I have been writing blogs on the various aspects of the Covid 19 pandemic for almost 2 years and I am frustrated by the missteps, lack of accountability and the constantly changing rules that often seem to often be more based on politics rather than science. We need to demand better from...
The best public defense that many Christians could offer was based on the Bible. It failed miserably, not because it wasn’t true, but because it wasn’t believable. Even the Church says things like “the Church teaches…” rather than “it is true because …” These arguments from ...
As we stepped into the museum, my mind naturally toggled between faith and science. I read the information accompanying each fossil with curiosity and skepticism. I love science and respect every discipline, especially when they are evidence-based. However, I also compared these findings with the ...
!” She reaches back to deliver another kick, but he avoids it this time and sends her tripping at the loss of balance. Young reaches out to steady her, but she yanks back: “I told you not to lay a hand on me! Don’t you dare come near me.” She storms off in tears....
buy into that main theme because for me modernity and blinding loyalty just don't seem to go together. Since the show is based on an historical and precarious past where rules were stricter and ways of life were simpler, using faith as a central axis of the story seems believable for me...
Her research was an outdated and irrelevant PhD in the late 1990’s, based on a theory which she tested on school children. Her limited clinical experience was as a therapist for children with acquired brain injuries. Alzheimer disease affects the other end of the age spectrum and has nothing...
Many, many Christmases passed and the time came for Mother to move to Assisted Living. I packed up the bell, along with some decorations she enjoyed and decked out her room for the holiday. I knew leaving the bell on her bookshelf was risky. I’d been advised that things disappeared fro...
I know that much of what the young poet says is false and based on an improper personal interpretation of the Bible, however, I wondered if you had any writings on this whole idea. We are surrounded with a very strong Protestant base of folks in our small town in Central California and...
In the New Living Translation Romans 4:17 is expressed as, “That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing...
If I had to characterize Bill Moyer’s trombone playing based on my hearing many of the recordings on which he played, I would call it “solid,”“present,” and “reliable.” In all of this I am offering high praise. As a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s low brass section...