Norway, the Harlem Shake, and the Bible
By now you’ve probably seen and forgotten the viral video craze that was the Harlem Shake. Unless you’ve been living in an Internet-less cave for the last 6 months, which […]
The End of Virtue
Why are we often suspicious of virtue? Why are we cynical and skeptical of people who are supposedly good, kind, even heroic? That’s just the image they project–we reason–but behind […]
Get Some Sabbath
I like to think that my body is holding up pretty well, given that it hasn’t had much sleep since our third child was born last November. “Sleep when the […]
Driven to Distraction
When I first moved to a big city, it took a bit of time get used to public transit. For a prairie boy accustomed to wide open spaces, it was […]
What I learned in my First Half Marathon
I recently ran my first half-marathon…well, “jogged” is a more accurate verb since I run very, very slowly—but I ran/jogged the whole thing. Despite my life-long hatred of running, I […]
Overcoming Racism with the Trinity
Well, it happened. My wife and daughter were walking out of childcare, just as an African-Australian man was walking out with his daughter. My daughter pointed at him and said, […]
Photocopies and the Meaning of Life
“So, René, what is the meaning of life?” I looked at Roberto, lifting my eyes from the photocopying machines. It was our first year of business school, and Roberto and […]
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 […]
What Are We Becoming?
Much to my kids’ chagrin, I hardly ever listen to top-40 radio. Aside from the deficiencies of the music on offer, I can’t stand the mindless advertising, the idiotic banter […]
Sifting Trash, Sorting Treasure
When all threatens to be swept away, what would you save? As they say, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Last month my sleepy city of Brisbane had a […]
Wondering Fair 