Capax Humanitatis
Brilliant words from N.T. Wright: I think it’s important that Christian theologians give a fully Trinitarian account of God’s action in the world, in which, though God may be thought of as a pure spirit, it is vital for our knowing who God is that he is the father who sends the son and who…
Continue readingMy Authentic Self
I…love to clothe this false self…and I wind experiences around myself with pleasures and glory like bandages in order to make myself visible to myself and to the world, as if I were an invisible body that could only become visible when something visible covered its surface. But there is no substance under the things…
Continue readingFollow-Up to Ghost in the Machine
Two quotes from David Chalmers express the importance of studying the concept of consciousness. Even when I was studying mathematics, physics, and computer science, it always seemed that the problem of consciousness was about the most interesting problem out there for science to come to grips with.1 I think [consciousness] provides plenty of grounds for…
Continue readingGhost in the Machine
For some time I have been a fan of Kyler England. I love her solo work but she has also written and performed with “The Rescues” and most recently has teamed up with former “Rescues” member, Adrianne Gonzalez, to create the duo: “The Fire and the Sea.” Their lyric video, The Ghost in the Machine,…
Continue readingFlowers and Souls
Jesus set the book of nature before me and I saw that all the flowers he has created are lovely. The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of its scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. I realized that if every tiny flower wanted…
Continue readingFeelings
Feelings are, with a few exceptions, good servants. But they are disastrous masters.* It is easy to be controlled by our feelings. We get up in the morning, look in the mirror to ensure that our face is still in the right place and then we check our feelings. We might also look out the…
Continue readingVancouver Triathlon
Yesterday I raced in the Vancouver Triathlon in Stanley Park. This is the main race that keeps me training all year long. I look forward to the 1.5 km swim in the ocean, the 40 km bike ride through the Stanley Park roadways with no car traffic, and the 10 km run on the paths…
Continue readingImmortality
“Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.” Cicero Roman author, orator, & politician 106 BC – 43 BC.
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