Gilligan’s Island, Survivor, and the Evolutionary Theory

Last updated on: January 24, 2013 at 6:30 am By David Rupert

The long running “Gilligan’s Island” assembled a cast of contrasting characters who had to work together for survival. The Skipper, Gilligan and the castaways pooled their talents and abilities so that all could return home. Conversely, the television series “Survivor” pitted the island mates against each other in a Darwin inspired “survival of the fittest.” This is Evolution’s dirty little secret. When the theory is carried out to its natural conclusions, humans must continue to evolve. In order to evolve,... Read more

Searching for Meaning in a World Without Google

Last updated on: January 22, 2013 at 6:30 am By David Rupert

I was honored to have this article published in the February Issue of More Living Magazine. You can subscribe here. I’m connected — wired at home, at work, and on my hip. Info is always available. Need a price check, an airline schedule, or a quote for a Bible study? Got it. The collected knowledge ofthe ages can be accessed in seconds. Google, the company, is now Google, the verb. Photo by Di Benard Recently I was challenged to ponder life without Google. Well, not just ponder,... Read more

Less talk, more power

Last updated on: January 20, 2013 at 7:00 am By David Rupert

Photo by Lisa Please, share with a friend if you feel moved. Read all past issues at http://www.patheos.com/blogs/davidrupert Read more

One of Us

Last updated on: January 18, 2013 at 6:30 am By David Rupert

What if Jesus wasn’t born 2000 years ago, but he came today. What would that be like?Dallas Willard, in The Divine Conspiracy, writes this, “If he were to come today as he did then, he could carry out his mission through most any decent and useful occupation. He could be a clerk or accountant in a hardware store, a computer repairman, a banker, an editor, doctor, waiter, teacher, farmhand, lab technician, or construction worker.“He could have run a housecleaning service or repair... Read more

Oprah Can’t Save Lance Armstrong, But Jesus Can.

Last updated on: January 16, 2013 at 6:30 am By David Rupert

It’s all over the news. America’s best athlete of the century was a cheater. Not only did he skirt the rules, he methodically developed ways to avoid detection. He brought in others as dupes, and implicated an entire team. He shamed the sport. He shamed his nation. Now, the Olympic committee is pondering whether to pull bicycling as an Olympic sport. It’s a national tragedy. We stood and cheered him as he overcame cancer. We wore his bracelets and... Read more

A Soundtrack for Life: An interview with Jeff Johnson

Last updated on: January 14, 2013 at 6:30 am By David Rupert

Jeff Johnson‘s Musical High Calling I stood with Jeff Johnson overlooking the Frio River in the Texas Hill Country and his eyes danced with wonder. Like an artist who breathes in a subject before touching a brush, or a writer brimming with words but has no paper, Johnson’s music is a reflection of a world that resonates God’s splendor. For him, Laity Lodge is more than just a pretty postcard. It’s an inspirational backdrop for some of his most innovative work that now spans 35 years... Read more

What Time Is It?

Last updated on: January 11, 2013 at 6:38 am By David Rupert

Everything we do is marked by the steady march of time. Seconds lead to minutes to hours to days to weeks to years to decades to centuries. The problem for all of us is that the clock is always running the wrong way, and we simply cannot stop its precipitous crawl toward the next tick. We lose moments to the past, out of our reach, never to be regained. Where did all the years go? The kids have grown and... Read more

Expect the Unexpected: Discovering the Wonder of God in Your Workplace

Last updated on: January 8, 2013 at 6:00 am By David Rupert

I’m honored to share this space with Margaret Feinberg, a writer who has a sense of the Divine on this earthly plane. She’s a popular speaker, author and, as I just found out, my neighbor, living just a couple of miles up the road. I asked her to write this piece for The High Calling, where it appeared today. I’ve excerpted a piece of the article below, but I encourage you to read the full article here and then work your... Read more

A World Without Clocks — Is Sabbath Possible in This Modern Age?

Last updated on: January 7, 2013 at 6:00 am By David Rupert

As I sit at the kitchen bar typing this, I am surrounded by reminders of time. A blinking clock on the DVD player, a clock in the corner of my computer screen, one blinking on the coffee maker, one on on the oven, another on the microwave and one on the wall. And I wonder . . . What would my life be without clocks? Would I handle my time wisely? Would I fritter it away? Some of this world without clocks would be... Read more

Why is the planet Mercury smiling at you?

Last updated on: December 28, 2012 at 6:00 am By David Rupert

Mercury is smiling at you. And it has been since the dawn of Creation — You just didn’t know it. There’s been a happy face, carved into the rocks of Mercury, staring out the cosmos, beaming. And when NASA’s Messenger spacecraft first looked on the face of this fiery planet last month, there was a smile coming back at them. A introspective writer at Space.com puts it this way. “We might not think there’s much to smile about on the... Read more