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2023-06-05 13:02
Light is an amazing phenomena - so infused with a surplus of meaning, and therefore difficult to bring to closure. It appears, exposes, and illumines, notably in stories about the character… Read More
2023-05-11 13:47
Though both recount stories, the two great modes of narrative - fiction and history - can never be entirely synthesized. In fact, the concordance and discordance between them becomes more re… Read More
2023-05-04 15:17
The significance of Picasso attempting to paint a painting without any trace of Picasso in it should give rise thought. Could he do it? Was it possible for him to be so disengaged from the w… Read More
2023-05-01 13:02
There are at least two types of giving: obligation and desire. These are not mutually exclusive, but the latter is less duty orientated than the former. On the one hand, when we go to the st… Read More
Philosophical Fiction
2023-03-31 16:47
A perceptive reader said, that among other things, Am I Alone In The World? is philosophical fiction - a new genre. Maybe? https://www.amazon.com/Am-Alone-World-Gregory-Laughery/dp/1938… Read More
Survival - Am I Alone In The World?
2023-01-31 13:38
 We're being swept up in a tidal wave of technology and the horrible effects of climate chaos are upon us all. Both in their own ways threaten life on planet Earth. Survival is a bur… Read More
A Review Of My New Novel.
2023-01-16 14:38
  Great Science Fiction with a Philosophical Twist!Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 10, 2023Verified PurchaseAM I ALONE IN THE WORLD? is a cleverly written st… Read More
Am I Alone In The World?
2023-01-11 13:16
 I experienced a fair amount of anxiety and plenty of melancholic moments writing this new novel. The feeling of possibly being alone in the world and all the questions that raised… Read More
NEW BOOK
2022-10-11 13:08
My new novel Am I Alone in the World? is coming soon. This book is fiction! If you read it, hope you connect with 'I' who is possibly alone in the world and desperately trying to find out… Read More
2021-10-25 13:40
Like a vanishing footprint in a desert sandstorm, the mastery of memories escapes our tenacious grasp. We’re always reaching for more than is available. Remembering is something like g… Read More
2021-10-18 13:12
We don’t regularly see deep, but more often shallow reality. It’s probably a good thing deep reality escapes our gaze (cells, molecules, atoms, etc.), since this would weigh us d… Read More
2021-10-11 13:32
On the topic of Divine Action many claim that science has become the determinative informer for if, when, and how DA occurs. They argue this is inappropriate and that the theological informe… Read More
2021-10-06 14:12
Imagination is a fascinating topic of interest and debate today. The deeply significant issues of the real and the unreal have never been as evident as in our own cultural context. Discernin… Read More
Living Imagination
2021-10-06 12:21
What’s your take on imagination? Do you see it as opening up creative possibilities or fraught with dangerous fantasies? If you’re interested in how various poets, philosophers… Read More
2021-10-04 13:34
Evolution seems to pose significant problems for traditional interpretations of early Genesis (literal six days creation, A&E, fall, etc.). Instead of trying to fit God in, it’s pr… Read More
2021-08-23 14:14
Belief is a dynamic agent in evolutionary predictive processing. For primates like us belief is a given – part of who we are and what we do. Belief is real, but not immediately materia… Read More
2021-08-19 13:37
Finding shelter from the vacuous and inconsequential is getting harder and harder to do. The rhythm of the ‘trite’ leaves us exposed to a devaluing of heart, mind, and imaginatio… Read More
Book Sale.
2021-08-16 13:43
In the light of the rising power of science to explain the world, rethinking our interpretations of Genesis 1-3 is a crucial enterprise today. If you’re interested in this topic check… Read More
2021-08-05 14:11
Primates like us are imaginative meaning makers and story tellers. I’d wager this is part of our complicated, yet fabulous niche. We want to explain things and understand ourselves, Go… Read More
2021-07-26 14:19
Evolutionary ethics properly argues that there are biological reasons for ethical developments and orientations in humans. Thus, moral sensitivity appears to be a biological phenomenon, yet… Read More
2021-07-22 13:55
C. S. Lewis, like Paul Ricoeur, views imagination through its capacity to understand the depths of reality, and to facilitate a mode of being in the world that is also directed beyond it. Im… Read More
2021-07-19 13:57
Since we’re at a “defining moment” in the history of Christianity, I’d wager it’s time for a re-examination of who God is and what God does. Tread carefully, bu… Read More
2021-07-15 14:44
 Science is fallible and sometimes gets it wrong. Granted. Some theologians use this as a foil to discount science all together, whenever it goes against their theology. “Oh yes&r&hell…Read More
2021-07-14 13:36
When reading about the world, Judaism, and resurrection in the biblical text, we must proceed with due caution. These topics cannot all be simply put in the same context because they are th… Read More
2021-07-12 13:00
A key part of the drama of the gospel narratives is that Jesus is reported to manifest himself as the sent One in the midst of the “actual” world in order to point people in the… Read More
2021-07-07 13:54
Deeply engraved with complexity and mysteriously forged by extravagance, the drama of the biblical and natural world informers presents significant challenges for readers, taking us to the l… Read More
2021-07-06 13:27
Engaging a post-trust culture means facing my valid and invalid suspicions and trying to re-direct them, where necessary, to an ontology of hermeneutical trust. Arrogant appeals made to inst… Read More
2021-06-07 14:18
Speaking for myself, I spend more than half the time in my imagination, while somehow managing in the other less than half to find my way around within the empirical world. And, of course, I… Read More
2021-05-27 13:14
Many Christians unthinkingly assume that the biblical text is all they need for their point of view. But theology, like philosophy, science or art can’t go it alone. There is an obliga… Read More
2021-05-26 14:23
Theology is socio-culturally dependent, but God cannot be reduced to being solely the product of socio-cultural contexts. The God of promise and action comes to humanity in and through these… Read More
2021-05-24 14:42
The judgmental critique by ‘those in the know’ of anyone who does not hold to their ‘conservative’ ‘traditional’ ‘orthodox’ Christian position… Read More
2021-05-19 13:31
When our faith in God configuration is rigid and brittle, we’re going to have problems. As new ideas surface and gain traction, particularly with respect to the evolutionary natural wo… Read More
2021-05-17 13:15
Being, knowledge, genetics, neuroscience, hermeneutics, and ethics have a tendency to operate as monologues closed into separate compartments, but none of them can go it alone, since the hum… Read More
2021-05-12 13:20
Feelings are highly significant, though they are not decisive when it comes to knowledge. In order to assess whether feelings are trustworthy or deceptive, it is crucial that they be in dial… Read More
2021-05-05 14:06
When Christian caring for others becomes ultimately about self-preservation, either privately or institutionally, something has gone terribly wrong. The other, as a Christ follower should we… Read More
2021-04-22 13:50
Mark’s story in the NT is full of role reversals. Those who think they see and hear are blind and deaf and those who are blind and deaf see and hear. A life of following Jesus is not a… Read More
2021-04-19 14:46
I'd wager struggling with a biblical notion of revelation is the way it’s supposed to be. It’s in the struggle to understand that the pursuit of what’s true continues. In s… Read More
2021-04-15 13:50
We’re hard pressed to paint a definitive picture of God, but instead of being disappointed about this, we should embrace the privilege of unknowing. In this case, there just might be a… Read More
2021-04-12 13:49
It seems to me Western culture is increasingly one of dislocation and fragmentation. Modernist notions of stability and permanence are rightly being shattered, as they were rooted in decepti… Read More
2021-04-08 13:17
There are at least two types of giving: obligation and desire. These are not mutually exclusive, but the latter is less duty orientated than the former. On the one hand, when we go to the st… Read More
2021-04-05 14:20
Many Christians who hold to the interpretation that God created in six literal 24 hour days fret about the strong scientific evidence for human evolution and I’d wager they have good r… Read More
2021-04-01 12:55
Fallen leaves, so fragile, flutter in the breeze. Their dance illuminates, amidst the torrent of death, as beauty fades away. Yet, caught in the throes of decay and winter light opens the po… Read More
2021-03-29 13:49
As new ideas surface and gain traction, particularly with respect to the natural world informer, an inflexible theological paradigm will produce fear, rather than engagement. There are inevi… Read More
2021-03-25 15:25
Ethics as expressed in the economy of exchange can never be an end in and of itself. Love, grace, and mercy go beyond an ethical right and wrong, without effacing it. Thus, following in the… Read More
Reflection For The Week - March 22
2021-03-22 14:21
Emerging from a long dark winter is like falling into spring light, which brings with it a myriad of fresh possibilities for an illuminating awakening. Newness all around us materializes in… Read More
2021-03-18 14:22
I’d wager that attempts to refer to the whole biblical text as inerrant or even authoritative risk saying too much. Perhaps we have now reached a point in time when it is more plausibl… Read More
2021-03-17 15:35
I'd wager a realistic faith is a constant dialogue between the “because of” and the “in spite of.” In living a spiritual life, we may traverse periods of belief in Go… Read More
2021-03-15 14:36
To not be resigned to death in the midst of chaos and uncertainty is a challenge and a destiny. Fighting against addiction and abuse - the injustices of tolerance – takes hard work and… Read More
2021-03-11 14:41
Several evangelical authors, notably John Walton, have published useful material on the interpretation of Genesis 1-3. While these authors tend to acknowledge the importance of science, they… Read More
Reflection For The Week - March 8
2021-03-08 14:50
Some Christians are open to engaging with cultural and philosophical ideas, but when it comes to theology, they shut down. If this doesn’t change, things will get worse than they are a… Read More
Friday Musings - March 5
2021-03-05 13:32
Who am I? What is real? How to decide? Imagine. Facing these basic questions and reflecting on them in light of the power of imagination is of the utmost importance in our cultural setting… Read More
Thursday Thoughts - March 4
2021-03-04 15:20
I'd wager if imagination has no relevant significance for the knowledge of God, an engagement with the biblical text, and a perception of the natural world, we are failing to embrace what is… Read More
2021-03-03 14:28
Theological, philosophical, and scientific configurations are so often supposed to represent absolute precision. They’re tenaciously held on to come hell or high water and effectively… Read More
Reflection For The Week - March 1
2021-03-01 15:16
Trust is often assumed to be a virtue, but without suspicion it could indeed be a detriment. Thus, when you’re considering virtues, don’t leave out suspicion.  Read More
Thursday Thoughts - February 25
2021-02-25 14:18
There are no simple templates for spirituality. So much is complex, which means tension. And in light of the unfolding and relentless density of the world, I’d wager we better get used… Read More
2021-02-03 14:44
Being, knowledge, nature, interpretation, ethics, and the biblical text have a tendency to operate as monologues closed into separate compartments, but none of them can go it alone. A dialog… Read More
2021-02-01 15:02
Elasticity is an important feature of our belief in God. Imagine faith as a web of intricately woven strands and connections that can be stretched in several directions at one time. Fragile… Read More
2021-01-27 14:11
Encountering the infinite mystery of another human being is a sacramental invitation and a sacred adventure towards convergence. This coming alongside or coming together phenomenon will take… Read More
2021-01-25 14:56
In today’s world of increasing uncertainty and growing violence there comes a time for seeking shelter - a dwelling place or space, not just an address. This place-space will include m… Read More
2021-01-20 15:15
Struggling with a biblical notion of revelation is the way it’s supposed to be. It’s in the struggle to understand that the pursuit of what’s true continues. In some instan… Read More
2021-01-14 14:05
As I underscored in my book on Ricoeur and biblical hermeneutics, reductionism is, and rightly so, faltering. While reductionism has been and still is popular, a transdisciplinary path, thou… Read More
2021-01-13 14:21
I’d wager that reality is subjectively objective. This configuration appears to correspond to nature and humanity. That is, God, the other, and the world are objectively there, but our… Read More
2021-01-07 14:53
Having serious questions about the nature of the biblical text should be considered a good idea. Getting concerns about authority, history, and the universe out on the table, is essential. T… Read More
2020-12-30 15:29
Empirical data is a persuasive informer, which can tempt us to believe it’s all there is. Yet, numerous difficulties arise here, not least the aspect that so much of our lives are non… Read More
2020-12-28 14:45
Instead of invoking mystery concerning God, the world, and humanity, we make up a story. In good human primate fashion we long for, even demand, clarity and explanation for life. Yet, even a… Read More
2020-12-16 14:25
Many of the things the apostle Paul wrote are linked to his own particular mission on behalf of the Crucified and Risen One. To take all of this on ourselves seems foolhardy, yet if that&rsq&hell…Read More
2020-12-14 13:48
Nobody is a nobody. Even those who say “I am nobody” are somebody. When it comes to some forms of Christian spirituality “a nobody syndrome” – like, give God al… Read More
2020-12-07 14:31
Imagination is a fascinating topic of interest and debate in today’s world. The deeply significant issues of the real and the unreal have never been as evident as in our own cultural c… Read More
2020-12-03 14:31
Primates like us are wired to always want answers to everything. Where is God in a pandemic? Some say God is causing it to punish sinful people. Others suggest God is causing it to bring gre… Read More
2020-12-02 14:04
Hermeneutics plays a central role in our lives, and it is important to be aware of this. Here are four consequences. First, the general action of interpreting anything is part and parcel of… Read More
Reflection For The Week - November 30
2020-11-30 13:17
Attempts to do theology without science are like trying to fly a kite without wind. As crucial as it is to read the early Genesis stories through ancient eyes, it is all the more essential t… Read More
2020-11-25 15:14
Metanarrative (a totalizing story that explains everything) is an illusion. Sliding scales of trust and suspicion therefore are unavoidable. We’re just those kinds of selves, who live… Read More
New Ebook.
2020-11-24 14:15
Sex, celibacy, marriage, feminism, and equality are important realities and cutting edge issues today. If you’re interested in an in-depth attempt to discern what Saint Paul had to say… Read More
2020-11-23 14:10
While the evolving picture of nature is looking highly likely, it’s also important to recognize that the more the biblical story advances, through surprising encounters, choices, and d… Read More
2020-11-19 14:01
I’ve heard it said, “Let’s not reflect on evolution.” Why? “This will create far too many questions about traditional interpretations of God and the biblical te… Read More
2020-11-18 15:14
A soft glow drifts over the open sky and points to the horizons of far off worlds. In these distant and mysterious lands, light is tethered to the gentle breeze that flows through the deep… Read More
2020-11-16 15:03
I’d wager Catholic, Protestant, and other church denominations have often said way too much (arrogance) and offered way too little (impoverishment). A mass Exodus is taking place and i… Read More
2020-11-12 13:59
I’d wager there are at least two types of giving: obligation and desire. These are not mutually exclusive, but the latter is less duty orientated than the former. On the one hand, when… Read More
2020-11-09 14:18
Relationships all too frequently come and go, but love is rare and tough in that its demands go beyond the momentary and casual. Love today has it all going against it; commitments, trust, f… Read More
2020-11-05 15:30
The biblical text informer portrays that sin = human death, while it appears that the natural world informer depicts death as part of life – it has always been around. I’d wager… Read More
2020-11-04 15:03
When it comes to reflecting on reality, having to choose between solely my perception of it or reality as it is on its own, are both problematic. The former is insufficient, while the latter… Read More
2020-11-02 13:28
Theology is socio-culturally dependent, but God cannot be reduced to being solely the product of socio-cultural contexts. I’d wager the God of promise and transformation comes to human… Read More
2020-10-29 15:03
Barriers to belief in God may plague us throughout our lives. Forgone solutions and conclusions will only increase our difficulties, instead of resolving them. After all, our access to the p… Read More
2020-10-28 14:28
Engaging a post-trust culture means facing my valid and invalid suspicions and trying to re-direct them, where necessary, to an ontology of critical trust. Arrogant appeals made to instituti… Read More
2020-10-26 14:02
In a post-truth world the notion that all interpretations are equal is a widely held perspective and unfortunately flourishes in many Christian contexts. How frequently we hear, “well… Read More
2020-10-15 13:31
Interpreting something does not make it what it is. The interpreter is always related to, but distinct from, the interpreted. This may seem mundane, but it’s explosive because it infor… Read More

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