Jesus performed one of his most interesting miracles on the blind man outside Bethsaida. Mark 8: 22–25 tells how friends of a blind man took …
Category: Religion
I spent this last year planning my wedding, which is to say, I spent the year chronically busy and stressed. I don’t think I was … Read More ›
I’m going to steal an idea from the writings of Mitch Albom. He wrote a book titled The Five People You Meet in Heaven. When I first saw …
“There is no God but the Lord, and Christ is His son.” So goes the refrain of St. Mouamet in Agent of Byzantium, Harry Turtledove’s … Read More ›
About a year ago, I packed up my blue Volvo station wagon and drove across the United States to serve at the University of California, Berkeley …
The fable of a canon masterminded by the Roman emperor Constantine is well attested in both popular culture and scholarly output alike …
The story of how we got the particular books of the Bible has a tendency to confuse even historians and biblical scholars. Nevertheless, it remains … Read More ›
Deep down, there probably isn’t anyone who really wants to place second in anything. All of us have the desire to win or be the best at whatever we …
Longevity, love, loss, joy, infirmity and disease, personal relationships. All of these and many others, one would hope, will help to bring wisdom …