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Author Archives: Paul McClure

The Fear of Reentry

January 9, 2017by Paul McClure Leave a comment

These weeks easily have to be some of the most difficult, anxiety-ridden weeks of the year. For most of the people I know, the last two weeks of December involve […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

Fake News and Good News

December 15, 2016by Paul McClure Leave a comment

One of the most sensational news stories of 2016 has been the rise of fake news. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the media fascination in fake news began, but […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

Light and Truth in Rothko Chapel

December 8, 2016by Paul McClure 2 Comments

In the arts district of Houston, Texas, there is a chapel that embodies many modern and postmodern attitudes toward art and religion. Situated near the University of St. Thomas, the […]

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Spirituality for the Rest of Us

Hillbilly Theology

October 25, 2016by Paul McClure 3 Comments

In my own small corner of the Blogosphere, I keep bumping up against this book called Hillbilly Elegy. Its subtitle, A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, hints […]

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Spirituality for the Rest of Us

When the World Appears Out of Control

August 15, 2016by Paul McClure Leave a comment

The global news cycle as of late appears to have taken an unusually harsh psychic toll on people around the world. The events of Orlando and Dallas, Nice and Paris, […]

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On Anything and Everything

Where Have All the Relativists Gone?

June 13, 2016by Paul McClure 1 Comment

For decades now, Christians have warned about the consequences of moral relativism. The notions that all moral ideas are equal or that no one has the right to judge anything anyone else […]

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On Anything and Everything

Robots in the pulpit?

April 21, 2016by Paul McClure Leave a comment

In the midst of the digital revolution, a slew of economic forecasters have recently projected massive restructuring in the workforce. Perhaps most prominent among these forecasters are Oxford researchers Carl […]

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On Anything and Everything

“It’s Elementary, My Dear Watson”

April 7, 2016by Paul McClure Leave a comment

Some time ago, IBM’s newest supercomputer named Watson succeeded in defeating two of the all-time most successful human contestants on the popular TV game show Jeopardy![1] For many, this latest […]

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Making a Difference

On Winning the Lottery

January 25, 2016by Paul McClure Leave a comment

What would you do if you won the lottery? With the record-setting $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot announced just last week, many people, including myself, have imagined what they would do […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

… and thank God for Snoop Dogg

December 3, 2015by Paul McClure Leave a comment

  I can’t get away from Snoop Dogg these days. When watching reruns of now “older” movies like Old School and Starsky and Hutch, which always seem to be on […]

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