Does God Have a Plan for Our Lives?
I’ve often thought about how we humans wind up where we are, in the physical as well as social and economic senses. First, how is the family into which you ...
Dear Universe: Thanks but No Thanks
I remember years ago hearing about the “Gaia hypothesis” and thinking that it was interesting, if not plausible. In case you are unfamiliar with it, the Gaia hypothesis, to paraphrase ...
Are Christian Values a Sham?
While out walking I sometimes listen to a program on National Public Radio called Hidden Brain. Its usual fare are the psychological quirks and oddities of human beings. A recent ...
A Reversal in Attitudes toward Religion?
I often mention the “nones” in these blogs. Those are people – mostly under the age of 40 – who enter “none” when asked on surveys which religion they profess. ...
The Devil Made Me Do It
In the 1970s, a comedian named Flip Wilson turned the phrase, “The devil made me do it,” into a national buzz phrase. It seemed funny at the time because “Geraldine,” ...
The Collapse of Trust?
Some conservatives wouldn’t be caught dead reading the New York Times. Some liberals wouldn’t watch Fox News if their lives depended on it. More and more, we seem to be ...