Hope for the mixed-motived
What do you want? You get what you want, often. Proponents of positive thinking would claim that you get what you want always, although unrequited loves and unwon lottery tickets […]
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On Present and Future Selves
Unlike animals that live in the moment and merely cope with the world (however smoothly), we are… drawn out of our present selves toward some more skilled future self that […]
Gag Reflex
I don’t know about the rest of the world, but here in the UK it’s not unusual for Christian charities to work within a kind of legal restraining order, which […]
Translating Jesus
As a student of ancient texts, I often find myself faced with translational difficulties. There is an important thing one learns early on in working with more than one language: […]
Hope for the Marathon Life
At a recent dinner party there was, unfortunately, far too much testosterone in the air when several ladies collectively expressed doubts as to whether the men present could run a […]
Emerging into Adult Faith
[This month Patheos hosts a fascinating conversation on life’s rites of passage. Here’s my contribution to it.] The sun shines. The lake glimmers. This summer, like summers past, an adult […]
Hearing the Silence
Despite all our highly rational arguments for or against God’s existence, a lot of the time, the issues are far simpler – more an experience than a theory. That experience […]
Power Reveals
In February 1st, 1933, two days after Hitler’s election as chancellor of Germany, a young theologian gave a radio address on the theme of leadership in Berlin. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was […]
Can miracles really happen?
Miracles. Big ones. Things like raising dead people or walking on water. How on earth are we meant to believe such things in the 21st Century? David Hume, perhaps the […]
Χριστος Ανεστη
During the Easter season, Christians have traditionally greeted each other with the words “Christ is risen!,” to which the faithful reply, “He is risen, indeed!” The tradition is seldom practiced […]
Wondering Fair 