From Vanessa Gregory: Both caffeine and sleep have restorative properties. So should you sip or nap? It depends on the situation. Your head hurts: Drink Coffee You want to run fast: Drink Coffee You’re grumpy: Drink Coffee & Take a Nap You need to ace a test: Take a Nap You’re gambling: Take a Nap You need creative insight: Take a Nap Read more
From AP: KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Say it’s your birthday or you’ve just had a baby, maybe got engaged or bought your first house. If you’re like many Americans, your friends are texting their congratulations, sending you an e-card or clicking “Like” on your Facebook wall. But how many will send a paper greeting card? “I’m really, really bad at it,” said Melissa Uhl. The 25-year-old nanny from Kansas City, Mo., hears from friends largely through Facebook. “Maybe,” she... Read more
We’ve been looking at the question of beginnings from the perspective of the early church fathers using Peter Bouteneff’s book. The post Tuesday concentrated on Basil – and his Hexaemeron. But it is also useful to listen to what contemporary Christian thinkers and biblical scholars have to say about Genesis. This twelve minute clip comes from the new BioLogos DVD From the Dust directed by Ryan Pettey. An abbreviated version of this clip is contained within the film, the entire... Read more
The state of the church when we came of age often becomes our perception of far more than that period. Two examples: there are many young evangelicals who simply don’t comprehend — mostly because of the perception issue already mentioned — how diverse evangelicalism was in the era of Billy Graham and John Stott. And, to be perfectly fair here, that is my perception of the period of Graham and Stott, or it is how I experienced that era. Evangelicalism... Read more
From Wired.com: Go to the link above to read about each drug/pill. Read more
Do you? Peter Bergen: But without an international framework governing the use of drone attacks, the United States is setting a dangerous precedent for other nations with its aggressive and secretive drone programs in Pakistan and Yemen, which are aimed at suspected members of al Qaeda and their allies…. Just as the U.S. government justifies its drone strikes with the argument that it is at war with al Qaeda and its affiliates, one could imagine that India in the not... Read more
Well, I didn’t get to attend the Historical Jesus conference last weekend led by Chris Keith and Anthony LeDonne, but I’ve seen a couple reports taking me to task for my view, which was part of the book published, though I’m not sure the posts are taking my definitions seriously enough, so let me clarify. I do realize my view of historical Jesus studies is contrarian, but it’s hardly new. It’s a bit like Martin Kähler and a bit like... Read more
This continues our MWF series by Jeff Cook, information at the bottom of this post: #5: Design Flaws If God exists, he is an excellent architect of our world. The function of a human being is to attain happiness (Aristotle). If God is the architect of our world, God has made us to seek and attain happiness. Our world is poorly constructed for humans to attain human happiness. Therefore there is not an excellent architect of our world. Therefore, no... Read more
Are you doodler? Is this a sign of a need for another outlet for creativity? From Goodis: You’d think this would be a non-issue—after all, I’m lucky enough to be paid a salary to design all day. But increasingly I’ve realized that for people like me, one creative outlet isn’t enough. The most interesting, creative people I know express themselves in a variety of ways. I call this practice informing practice, and I used to do it myself. Back before... Read more
What would happen if we operated this way? From Roger Olson: People ask me what I think about written statements of faith. Well, I’ve written one! (I’m not going to cite it here, but some years ago I was asked by the dean of a seminary to write one for his seminary and I did. He published it as that seminary’s semi-official statement of faith without revision. But I wrote it with the agreement that he would never require anyone... Read more
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