The Bertsch house stands shoulder to shoulder with many others, all well-maintained and landscaped. Passersby would hardly pay it much attention. But should they pause
In conversing with resistant conservative Christians, it probably won’t work to start with details about polar icecaps, the fate of some endangered salamander, or a
When sovereignty is used in church, it is typically code for a God who is distant, enigmatic, and unaccountable.
To bear God’s image is not a description of capacity. It is a description of relationship. Human beings are made to reflect God’s character, to
I spent a full semester during my doctoral program in a supervised study of the book of Matthew, and I can confirm from my experience
That conversation transformed my muddle into stark clarity. Belief was the key, and I was a believer. The next day, I sought out Dov Wartofsky
If industrial fracking sends pressurized liquid underground to loosen and harvest fossil fuels, “attentional fracking” does the same thing to our minds. Every algorithm trying
Total dependence on others for my daily care stripped away ego and any sense of agency. I was immobile, unable to have a shower or
The God of Grampa’s living room was dour—though, to be fair, the light that poured in through the picture window—that illuminated the whole scene—had a
