Talk to the Elephant
I had just dropped my daughter off at high school a few months ago and was gliding gingerly on snow-covered roads toward the intersection. I looked to my left and saw […]
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I’m Biased (And So Are You)
Confirmation bias: the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities —— […]
Who Has Truth?
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 […]
Religion, Violence, and the “Higher Questions”
When my kids were younger, I would often take refuge from the delights of dragging unwilling toddlers through a shopping mall by camping out for a few minutes at one […]
Easter Sunrise from Mount Cootha
As a pastor, sometimes I get to be a part of a cool story that takes a community to create… In the week leading up to Easter a bunch of […]
Wondering Fair 