This is a drawing I did some years ago. It is called “Rahab’s Cord”, based on the Old Testament story of the harlot Rahab who courageously hid some men of Israel who came to spy on the city of their enemies, Jericho. She hoped they would have mercy on her and her household. They said they would spare her and her family, but she had to hang a red cord out of her window to show the army that she... Read more
Community, as I have said many times, cannot be based on agreement. If you were to visit the community I’m a part of you would find a wide diversity of opinion, ideas and theologies. I don’t fully agree with any of them. I don’t even agree with mine at the best of times. I encourage diversity of ideas because this is what already resides within our brains. And I believe this deserves expression. It is our freedom, our right and... Read more
BIBLE MAN! He comes from another world, another age, inerrant King James Version in a 100% genuine bonded-leather shell. He means business. Do not cross him. Do not transform him. Do not modify him. Do not redact him. Do not criticize him. Do not analyze him. Do not twist his words. Believe everything he says, without question, without pause, without doubt. He will not share your brain with philosophy, science, mathematics or history. He demands total and unequivocal allegiance. He... Read more
I just finished a fascinating book by the social psychologist Philip Zimbardo, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. I highly recommend it. But I have to warn you: I feel like I plunged into the very heart of darkness while reading it. It examines the human heart’s capacity for evil. It concludes by encouraging us to see that the human heart also has the capacity for good. But even my wife and daughter pleaded with me to... Read more
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