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January 2024

January 03, 2024
My student friend, Zipei, met her true soulmate, Nick. Together they share a relationship with...
January 01, 2024
Does God exist? Does God quench the thirst within our souls to be at one...

December 2023

December 22, 2023
The Blessed Mother Olga of Alaska knitted mittens and, thereby, opened the gate to the...
December 21, 2023
Why, I wonder, would our cancel culture go so far as to cancel Jesus from...
December 20, 2023
Are UFOs Our Celestial Saviors? The experience of sighting a UAP or being abducted by...
December 16, 2023
No! No! UFO. That's what the U.S. Senate said to scientists clamoring for passage of...
December 03, 2023
Whereas sin-talk alone squashes our sense of self-worth, grace-talk announces our value in the eyes...

November 2023

November 27, 2023
The bombastic vitriol spewed by the anti-Christian nationalsm movement is really aimed, I think, at...
November 19, 2023
The American Academy of Religion just offered a well-attended and fascinating panel on "The Threat...
November 15, 2023
To fear Christian Nationalism is like fearing a conspiracy theory. It's a waste of psychic...
November 13, 2023
Professor Thomas Lindell is a Progressive Christian who incorporates Big Bang cosmology and evolutionary biology...
November 09, 2023
Big History and Evangelical Theology mix like oil and water. Evangelical theologian Roger E Olson...
November 02, 2023
I recommend that Big History expand its method to include the history of humanity's differentiating...

October 2023

October 29, 2023
One task of history within Big History, I believe, should be to chronicle and interpret...
October 21, 2023
Mitchell Diamond's critique of Ted Peters is actually a critique of Big History. Diamond argues...
October 16, 2023
Like a volcano, AI potential is spreading excitement and turmoil across the landscape. We must...
October 13, 2023
Religious Naturalism meets Big History. Evolutionary biologist Ursula Goodenough finds meaning already within natural processes....
October 10, 2023
When we remind ourselves of the connection between Teilhard and Big History, we realize that...
October 08, 2023
How do science and religion relate within big history? Like an ancient army pillaging conquered...
October 07, 2023
The terrific new book, "Science, Religion, and Deep Time," is an honest attempt to resolve...

September 2023

September 29, 2023
Current meat production damages our planet through deforestation and methane emissions while reaping untolled animal...
September 28, 2023
Getting lost in depression can be a frightening even harrowing experience. What steps might a...
September 22, 2023
Existential questions prompt anxiety, the fear of nonbeing. We cannot escape them. We all must...
September 15, 2023
Rock star Roman Catholic theologian Ilia Delio calls for a new theology in new wineskins...
September 14, 2023
Whether or not an everlasting hell exists is a difficult matter to settle. Nevertheless, we...
September 07, 2023
What happens after we die? This is one of the most anguishing of our existential...

August 2023

August 27, 2023
Robert John Russell critiques my critique of David Hume to expand the discussion of miracle...
August 21, 2023
It's time to inventory systematic theology resources for students, pastors, and scholars.
August 20, 2023
Justification by faith, as emphasized by St. Paul and again in the Protestant Reformation, signifies...
August 18, 2023
Does worship of the earth-mother goddess, Gaia, connect with the paradoxical religious sensibilities of the...
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