On Mary Poppins and Feminism
Raise your hand if you’ve ever seen Mary Poppins. Now, raise your hand if you’ve ever noticed its not-so-subtle critique of patriarchy. I noticed the vaguely feminist critique of patriarchy […]
Author Archives: Ben
On Missions, Missionaries, and Proselytizing
Again, if God, like Jupiter in the comedy, should, on awaking from a lengthened slumber, desire to rescue the human race from evil, why did He send this Spirit of […]
Eloquent Silence
“Shimon, the son of Gamaliel, says, ‘All my days I have grown up in the midst of the sages [or wise men] and I have not found anything that is […]
On Repetition and Meaning
To cite in one context something said by another person in another context is, in fact, to say something new.
Children of Adoption
Adoption is beautiful. I have a number of friends going through the process right now – from those waiting for notice that they are going to be parents, to those […]
There’s one born every minute…
Jesus was a sucker. Hear me out. According to the Gospel of Matthew he said “Give to everyone to asks and do not refuse the one who wants to borrow […]
On Testimony and History
In an earlier post I suggested that, when comparing different religions with Christianity, one must take seriously the centrality of the person of Jesus. That means, rather than starting with […]
An Invitation
I want to invite you to reconsider Christianity. Let me explain… Over the last few weeks there has been an explosive controversy in many Christian circles in North America over […]
On Ordinary, Everyday Experience
My family and I have been busy lately. (I suppose that is true for many if not most families, and now that I think about it, the word “lately” in […]
On Writing, Writings and Reading
Socrates: For, to some degree, I fear that writing has a quality that is truly like painting. For the offspring of the latter stand as though living but if one […]
Wondering Fair 