A sense of justice that transcends culture and time is hardwired into all of us. We don’t like inequity. Our blood boils when we see one person oppressing another just because they’ve got more power or prestige. When Tony and I were raising our kids, our middle daughter was acutely tuned into justice—family style. Whenever [...]
For centuries, the classic question about causality has been Which Came First … the Chicken or the Egg? Dilemmas like these arise when we can’t discern which of two events should be considered the cause and which considered the effect. When we try to figure it out through human reasoning we often get it wrong. [...]
Loyalty is a trait seldom mentioned today. Can you remember the last time you heard it discussed? It’s sometimes mentioned in passing, when someone’s committed to a particular political party, brand name, or sports team, but even then it’s often not perceived as a positive thing. Like similar concepts rooted in a distant past, loyalty [...]
Following God can be baffling at times. What seems so reasonable, so intuitive to us is often the very thing God does not want us to do. Or He asks us to do things we’d never consider doing under normal circumstances. Our confusion stems from the time we spent in the world before we knew [...]
Adventuring with God 