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Faith and Science: Finding a Third Way

“So vast, without any question, is the Divine Handiwork of the Almighty Creator!” – Copernicus, De Revolutionibus, 1543 Since the period of the Enlightenment, when philosophers advocated for reason as the primary authority for knowing any truth, many have pitted...

Fast-Forward Headlines

A few years ago, I was reading the news on a Tuesday morning and noted that two firefighters had died fighting blazes driven by Santa Ana winds in Riverside County. I paused briefly, thinking how regularly such tragedies occur and about loved ones left in the wake. My...

Falling Down

“Don’t worry about failure; worry about the things you miss when you don’t even try.” Teddy Roosevelt At 9 years of age, his mother died. At 22, he failed in business; the next year he lost in a bid for the state legislature and failed to get into law school. At age...

Who Are You Kidding?

“Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” Mark 10:14-15 “It is he whom we proclaim, warning...

Who Would Hide Me?

How can you tell who your real friends are? What criteria do you use to discern between casual and serious friends? Is a real friend someone you’d hit up if you needed to borrow $1,000 on the double? Or someone you’d talk with before making a major life decision? Or...

You’re The Man!

“Fully human, fully divine.” That’s how Jesus Christ was described by the Council of Ephesus in AD 431. Christian theologians and philosophers had wrestled for several hundred years as they sought to come to terms with who Jesus was and is. That wrestling has not...

“X” Marks the Spot

“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment.” —J.R.R. Tolkien Charles Steinmetz was called the “Electrical Wizard” by his coworkers when he worked for General Electric...

More Than Meets the Eye

“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him”— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 This Sunday we...

Vision Sunday!

Every so often, it’s helpful to take a step back from the day-to-day flow of life, duties, and obligations in order to reflect on end goals, big picture realities, and changing circumstances. Such times of reflection provide the opportunity to evaluate trajectories,...

Holy Oversimplification

There’s a lot of oversimplification that goes on in our world, of necessity. When someone asks you how you are doing, they’re not looking for your whole life story. “Doing fine” is an acceptable response, even though it is a gross oversimplification. When Carrie asks...