My kids were coloring the other day and their cache of crayons was getting low, consisting mostly of worn down nubs and broken pieces. So their mother got out two new boxes of crayons and added them to the cache. She returned to check on them a few minutes later only to discover that theyContinue reading “Economics, Equality, Crayons & the Cross”
Category Archives: Controversy & the Cross
Mechanics & Meaning: The Nye-Ham Debate
Recently there was a highly publicized and mostly disappointing debate between the Bill Nye “The Science Guy” and Ken Ham, Founder of the Christian organization Answers In Genesis. Now in the interest of full disclosure, I need to tell you that I love Bill Nye and appreciate all that he did for Science Education backContinue reading “Mechanics & Meaning: The Nye-Ham Debate”
Atheism, Christianity & The Elephant
Let us attend to the Elephant that is not actually in the room… As someone who is naturally skeptical; who is distrustful of institutions which lay claim to authority by virtue of their own existence; who believes that the pursuit of truth must trump all other biases and preconceptions – I have often found myselfContinue reading “Atheism, Christianity & The Elephant”
The War on Women
In another classic display of Media strangeness I came across this article this morning on the Top Ten Most Dangerous Places For Women In The USA. I clicked the link originally because I was curious about what places in the US were dangerous for women, if I lived near one, or if I knew anyoneContinue reading “The War on Women”