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Rootedness in a Transient World

November 24, 2016by Ben Leave a comment

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 […]

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Spirituality for the Rest of Us

On Writer’s Block (sort of)

June 16, 2016by Ben 1 Comment

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 […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

Call Me an Expert

February 11, 2016by Ben 1 Comment

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 […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

Christmas Nostalgia

December 28, 2015by Ben 1 Comment

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 […]

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On Anything and Everything

Who Has Truth?

September 10, 2015by Ben 2 Comments

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 […]

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On Anything and Everything

Translating Jesus

June 25, 2015by Ben 2 Comments

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: […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

The Problem with Christians

November 13, 2014by Ben 4 Comments

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 […]

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Tough Questions

“You have to learn how to die”

October 9, 2014by Ben 9 Comments

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, […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

On Children’s Songs and Politics

July 21, 2014by Ben Leave a comment

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 […]

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Making a Difference

A tale of murder and woe…or something

March 6, 2014by Ben 12 Comments

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 […]

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