Do scientists believe in God?
One of the common arguments against belief in God is that the majority of scientists in the world do not believe in a higher power. If they don’t believe in […]
The Stoopudest Kind of Prejudice
Last weekend, I saw again the lovely kids’ movie, Gnomeo and Juliet, a great retelling of Shakespeare’s best known work. Aside from the lack of “thee and thou”, it pretty […]
Risks worthy of taking?
Would I hold on to the tree branch or to my sliding shorts? Well, before we arrive at the dilemma: only a week ago eight men and I stood with […]
Intellectual Adoration
Victorian Britain—especially from 1859-1901—it is often described in terms of a “crisis of doubt.” Today we assume that this crisis in Christian thinking developed because of Darwin but, as Owen […]
Celebrity Worship
Hurting from low self-esteem? Here is the latest fix: “celebrity worship.” As curious as this recommendation may sound, it comes from this week’s TIME magazine article analyzing our annual feast […]
Grow Up?
When our kids were in kindergarten, one of the moms from their class approached me on the playground one day for some “religious” advice about how to deal with what […]
More wine, more glory
The story of the wedding at Cana in John 2, the account of Jesus turning water into wine, is one of the best known episodes in the New Testament, if […]
The Fellowship of Runners
When Rolling Stones magazine interviewed U2 singer Bono, and asked which kind of music turns him on, Bono answered in a surprising and self-revealing way. “The music that really turns […]
A Barking Dilemma
One of my children is in trouble with the law…. About midnight a few weeks ago, just as I was falling asleep, I awoke with a start as Ziva, our […]
Madonna, World Peace, and Religious Pluralism
World Peace was center stage during Madonna’s halftime performance at this year’s Super Bowl. For our Wondering Fair readers uninterested in American culture or sports, I will spare you the […]
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