Object Lessons, Coming Home

      originally a comment on Vivi's recent post about Suffering and Spirituality:  Vivi, Arjuna Ardagh really emphasizes a more feminine approach to spirituality. Working through and allowing seemingly negative events and emotions and even suffering to deepen us and... Read More

Culture Wars and Evolution

 Today, while reading some of David Platt's book,  Radical , I think I figured out something. Earlier in Platt's book I was "turned on" by his emphasis of the need for the modern Christian church to de-couple from the "American Dream" (and all its... Read More

The Multiple Choice Test of Faith

What if Faith could be measured as simply as a multiple choice test? Or, more accurately, suppose a multiple choice test item could be a suitable metaphor for assessing one's understanding of "faith." Understanding would not automatically make faith (you have to do faith), but... Read More