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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

The science behind the blue/yellow black/white dress

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Can You Save the World From Oscar’s Podium?

Oscar Speeches Oscar speeches have a predictable pattern: Be humble: express your surprise and elation at receiving this award Role the credits: Name all the people who were involved in the film that you received the award for. Promote a … Continue reading →

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2015 Oscar Speeches

Huffpo Reactions to Patricia Arquette speech Patricia Arquette Net Worth: 24 million Meryl Streep: 65 million Hillary Clinton: 21.5 million Jennifer Lopez: 300 million Oprah Winfrey: 3 billion Ethan Hawke: 45 million Common: 35 million Most politically charged Oscar moments … Continue reading →

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CS Lewis from Penitentiary Prayer

“he chose, on that night to plumb the depths of Christian experience, to resemble not the heroes of His army but the very weakest camp followers and unfits;”

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The Daily Show the Audacity of Grope

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Cities Increasingly Segregated by Class

Washington Post “It is not so much the size of the gap between the rich and poor that drives segregation,” they write, “as the ability of the super-wealthy to isolate and wall themselves off from the less well-to-do.” The interesting … Continue reading →

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CS Lewis on the Obstinacy in Belief

We believe that His intention is to create a certain personal relation between Himself and us, a relation really sui generis but analogically describable in terms of filial or of erotic love. Complete trust is an ingredient in that relation— … Continue reading →

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Colossian Forum: Jesus, Evolution, the Fall and Max the Confessor

Colossian Forum If Jesus reveals the eternal Logos to be the action of love that unites and harmonizes creatures, then the Fall refers to an a-logical, irrational, unloving way of being in the world. Maximus says as much in his … Continue reading →

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NT Wright on the Need for a Historical Adam

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National Geographic on Science Doubting

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