Faith, technology, and everything in between.
I have the good fortune to have a job right now, but many of my friends are out of work. Most have been searching for a while. Some are encountering a problem that has my full sympathy, something I ve experienced myself at various times. I m not sure I can solve it, but maybe I can Continue reading "When the Job Search Becomes Impossible: Three Phases of Burnout"
There is a special misery reserved for those caught on a little boat in the middle of the sea late at night when a storm is raging. True, there was no rain, but on this night the angry wind swept across unguarded water and threw up muscular waves to toss and knock and soak us. Continue reading "Walking on Water"
When I graduated from seminary I was a wreck. I had become spiritually destitute. I came within one heartbeat of losing my faith. I had enrolled to learn about God, to grow my love of Christ and to learn how to help others love him too. But all the study, the chapel services, the spiritual Continue reading "Reviving Faith: The Role of Imagination in Christian Belief"
I’m trying an experiment. Starting July 30 I will be publishing a book, The Last Family, on this website, in a strange and unusual way. The book will appear in segments, synchronized in real time with the events of the story. It s about an ordinary family of five: Brewer, Amy, and their kids Garrett, Claire, Continue reading "The Last Family"
Like most people, I experience pain. Physical pain, emotional pain, mental pain, perhaps even spiritual pain. It happens to the best of us. It would be nice if something as widespread and commonplace as pain were pleasant and enriching. But as it turns out, I don t actually like pain that much. You might even say Continue reading "First- and Second-Order Pain"
Leaders command people. That s kind of what a leader is: someone with the authority to direct the actions of others. But people don t often appreciate being commanded. When you step into leadership you face this challenge: how do you direct the members of your team without offending them? How do you become a good boss, Continue reading "How to Boss Without Being Bossy"
Believers and unbelievers alike ought to recall from Scripture how often it is true that the Lord works through nature rather than against it. (CS Lewis makes this point in his book Miracles.) Without wishing to be flippant, it s almost as if the Lord surfs nature rather than slicing it or else making no contact Continue reading "When God Provides No Miracle"
One day a young angel, only three and a half billion years old, very naive, with limited experience of the wide universe and eager for more, was called over by one of her elder brothers. “I have a special mission for you,” he said. “It is said that Life has appeared somewhere in the universe, Continue reading "Lyra"
Here’s how it happened for me. I was sitting in the back seat on the passenger side. I had just asked the driver how long he’d been with Uber, and he said, like he’d answered the question a thousand times, “Six months.” Then I asked how many rides he’d given, and there was a sort Continue reading "Measures"
I have been making video games for about 25 years. I ve been a gamer since long before that, and a Christian since before that. Games have changed a lot over the years. Prior to about 2005, there were a very limited number of good games, certainly a very limited number of big games that would Continue reading "Can a Christian Play Video Games?"