First in a series I’m forty-thousand feet above the Rocky Mountains. Denver is some ninety miles to my left and a long way down. I’ve lost the sun beyond the curve of […]
Storyline: Prologue
Nota Bene #121: Birds of an Ancient Feather
“Television is an invention whereby you can be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn’t have in your house.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this […]
Nota Bene #112: GOOOLLLLLLLL
“Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity.” Who said it?
Sundays with Uncle God-Momma: Truth and metaphor
Perhaps the fundamental catastrophe of religion is what Joseph Campbell called, “mistaking the metaphor for the truth that it describes”. We divide the realm of spirituality into myth and religion. The former […]
Science and faith: a reply to Martin Bosworth
Our old friend and colleague Martin Bosworth offered up a thoughtful take on science and faith a few days ago and his thesis has been percolating in my mind ever since. In […]
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