Meaning in the Clues
I am presently reading an enjoyable detective novel by A.D. Scott as well as the transcript of a lecture by Alister McGrath regarding the rationality of faith. The two fit together well. In his lecture, McGrath notes that Dorothy Sayers once said that detective fiction appeals to our deep yearning to discover patterns, to uncover…
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Advent is a time when we look forward to the coming of salvation. We light candles that glimmer with a faint light as if we are seeing the “light of the world” from a far off distance. We recognize that before the coming of Jesus the world was truly in darkness. We must not too…
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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. – Thomas A. Edison.
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Many of us spend very little time cultivating our imagination. The early twenty-first century was expected to give us more leisure time as automated devices freed us up from household chores. But instead the pace of life has robbed us of quiet times to dream and create. Add to this the fact that we have…
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“I always have a quotation for everything – it saves original thinking.” – Lord Peter Wimsey (a character in Dorothy L. Sayers’ detective novels)
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When I grew up in Western Canada there was a weekly CBC television show called “Marketplace.” The theme song was sung by Stompin’ Tom Connors and the lyrics I most remember said, The Consumer, they call us, We’re the people that buy While everyone else is out to sell Some kind of merchandise Another sale…
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