Should I Follow the Truth Wherever It Leads?

Feature 7 March 2022 I often hear the phrase in academic circles, “You must follow the truth wherever it leads.” There’s an important kernel of wisdom here since too many live as though they do not want anyone to confuse them with the facts. What they believe is good...

Ars moriendi, The Art of Dying

7 February 2022 Feature Frank and honest talk about death is considered a taboo in many cultures. People avoid talking about death; they want instead to celebrate the goodness of the present life. However, death is—sooner or later—inevitable. In the late medieval...

Four Bowl Metaphors and the Christian Life

December 2021 Feature I recently wrote a short article about five metaphors to describe a variety of COVID experiences under confinement conditions. Metaphors help me to understand the world better, explain ideas clearer, and even inspire fresh imagination. In the...

When Magic Fails

October 2021 Feature Arthur Clarke, the British futurist who co-wrote the 2001: A Space Odyssey film, once remarked that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” (a formulation now known as “Clarke’s Third Law”). Writing in 1973, Clarke...