Chris Hallquist said: “Some relationships make the switch from monogamy to non-monogamy and are the better for it….” I replied: “According to what standard?” Chris replied: “???” Yes folks, he gave me a triple IS (incredulity score). That is serious. Chris continued: “Both people are happier about their marriage? Seriously, what kind of question is [...]
Read moreOver the next few weeks I will be focusing primarily on finishing the book I’m currently writing on heaven. I must say that this may be the most interesting project I’ve ever worked on. Of course I said that about my last three books. I’m starting to remind myself of the rock singer who says [...]
Read moreIt all started when I asked: “would I stigmatize the lifestyle of a couple who are in an open marriage? Darn right I would.” Ray Ingles, incredulous, challenged me to defend that position: “what’s the case for it being bad in your moral framework? (I.e., start from premises, through intermediate conclusions, to the conclusion that [...]
Read moreMy daughter is starting to have an interest in celebrity. We watch a film. She learns the names of the actors. And a few days later she has somehow acquired factoids about their lives which she dutifully shares when there’s a lull in the conversation. This is a matter of some sadness and growing concern. [...]
Read moreThis morning on the way to school my daughter asked me a pointed question: “Why aren’t station wagons cool?” It was a great question. “That isn’t true,” I replied. And with a few clicks of my smart phone I presented her with a picture of a 1955 Chevy Nomad, one of the coolest station wagons, [...]
Read moreGood old Rush Limbaugh really stuck his stick in the hornet’s nest with his outrageous comments in February calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut”. If you are just returning from an extended research tour at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica and have not heard of the Limbaugh-Fluke controversy, you can get up to speed with the Wikipedia article [...]
Read moreFor the last few months university students in Quebec have been “on strike” from classes because of the government’s intention to raise tuition by $325 a year over five years for a grand total of an additional $1625. It is an interesting turn of a phrase. Calling this a strike is about as ridiculous as calling [...]
Read moreI don’t like mushrooms. That’s bad enough. But things are even worse. I don’t want to like mushrooms. If you could wave a magic wand over my culinary aversion I wouldn’t want you to. I don’t want to start liking mushrooms. Not all my dislikes are like that. I don’t like Swiss cheese either. But [...]
Read moreThe other day I watched the Academy Award nominated 2011 documentary “Hell and Back Again”. The film was directed by Danfung Dennis and follows a soldier in Afghanistan who is severely wounded in battle and then has to reintegrate to civilian life. Dennis does an amazing job of capturing incredible and shocking footage from his [...]
Read moreWhen I was growing up I was taught dispensational premillennialism, an eschatology (theology of last things) that has as one of its hallmarks an unshakeable pessimism about the imminent future. Basically, things will keep getting worse until Jesus returns and establishes his kingdom. Dispensational pessimism continues to form a broad swathe of North American conservative [...]
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