Is Life Worth It?
“But don’t you think life is worth all the suffering we go through?” I was surprised by my own question, wondering myself if life was indeed worthy, compared to the […]
Tag Archives: goodness
Why it is not wrong to kill chickens
Is it ever right to kill a chicken? Or a dog, or a human being? If not, who says so? God, or our conscience, or plain reason, or utilitarian consequences? […]
Graceful Writing
In a lecture at Harvard University, 1993’s Nobel Prize in literature recipient Toni Morrison once explored the theme of good and evil in recent literature. Morrison narrated her interest in […]
An Atheis… oops, Religious Response
Among the toughest questions I have been asked as a pastor is some variation of the following: Why is God allowing this to happen to me? The life situations that prompt […]
All the Goodness in the World
We are bargain hunters, all of us. We make bargains with God, with reality or the cosmos or karma or whatever. We are convinced someone or something out there is keeping […]
The Upper Hand of Evil
Is goodness feasible in an evil world? Can we maintain innocence as we seek to enter and influence the tough dynamics of the marketplace, politics and society? Can we sustain […]
For the sake of the oppressed
In December last year, the Canadian government gave Trinity Western University permission to begin teaching law. This result has since met with widespread condemnation from many circles. Just last week, […]
“For thine is the story…”
My nearly three-year old daughter has a beautifully illustrated version of the Lord’s Prayer that we read almost every night. She piously folds her little hands and says the words […]
What’s Real?
Q: I feel like I’m submerged in a flood of unreal messaging, a swirling, disorienting tide of advertising, political propaganda, and mass entertainment media. Fashions, fads, fanaticisms…What’s real? How can […]
A Clash of Worlds… and of Worldviews
Have you ever watched the James Cameron’s blockbuster Avatar? If you have not seen it, well, get a life! The movie is a very fine piece of art. Besides personal […]
Wondering Fair 