Tag Archives: love

God’s Creative Extravagance

Why such extravagance, Lord? Why such indescribable beauty with no one to see it for almost all of time? Continue reading

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Cyclone Irina and the Water of Life

In our well-regulated and carefully-choreographed city-dwelling lives, we are not used to being at the mercy of the elements. Continue reading

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Why the West Rules, and why love is more important

I have now finished reading Ian Morris’ book, Why the West Rules — For Now.  At 645 pages it’s a big book, and in more than just length.  I touched on his gloss on Christianity in an earlier post. Overall … Continue reading

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Valentine’s Day Surprise

If all else fails, try the latest in Valentine’s gifts: a heart-shaped peanut-butter sandwich. Mind you if you do try this, all else probably has failed Continue reading

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Why the West Rules—For Now

What would someone outside of Christianity have to say about our internal squabbles, denominationalist standoffs, conservative-liberal warmongering, and a whole host of divisions fervently defended on all sides. Continue reading

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Do we need a Saviour?

Christ the Saviour is born. Everyone would like to be saved from the financial crisis, the Middle East riots, poverty, AIDS, and a host of more personal disasters. Is that what this is about? Continue reading

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