Rootedness in a Transient World
When I was married for six and a half years, I realized we had moved seven times. Eight for me if you count moving in with my wife when we […]
Author Archives: Ben
On Writer’s Block (sort of)
This last week has been brutal. Let me explain. I was in Wales on vacation (or holiday as they call it here in the UK) in a beautiful cottage on […]
Call Me an Expert
I’m an expert. Whatever you want to know, just ask me. A quick trip to Wikipedia, a glance at a news website and some soundings in the blogosphere (which, by […]
Christmas Nostalgia
I’ll let you in on a little family secret: my wife is one of those people. You know, the people who would listen to Christmas music all year round, set […]
Who Has Truth?
Truth: who has it? Anyone with a basic philosophical awareness realizes that this question is not a simple one. How is “truth” to be defined? In what sense can a […]
Translating Jesus
As a student of ancient texts, I often find myself faced with translational difficulties. There is an important thing one learns early on in working with more than one language: […]
The Problem with Christians
What is wrong with Christians, anyway? I was minding my own business, perhaps only marginally paying attention, when the professor in my undergraduate Philosophy or Religion class decided to pair […]
“You have to learn how to die”
How can one fight to produce peace? How can one win a war without causing more wars in the future? These questions hit me, as funny as it may be, […]
On Children’s Songs and Politics
As a father, I listen to lots of music that, to put it nicely, is not my personal preference. Children’s music can be wonderful and full of joy, but after […]
A tale of murder and woe…or something
I’d like to take this time to draw all of your attention to a tragedy that happens every day right before our eyes: verbicide, “the murder of a word.”[1] Each […]
