Our usual reaction to everyday corruption - bribes, graft, payoffs, fixers, grease - is “so what?” For the pragmatic, everyday corruption is a cost of doing business, like the (possibly apocryphal) story of the New York contractor whose superintendent shows up for work with a roll of Benjamins to make… [more]
News & Politics
Wait - now money can buy happiness?
What is the relationship between money and happiness? A recent piece in The Atlantic highlighted research contradicting scholarly consensus holding that after a certain point of material prosperity, there is a corresponding decline or flattening in the increase of happiness. The findings from the Brookings Institute - “Subjective Well-Being and… [more]
Tim Lambesis and the limits of labels
A tragedy has occurred and people are reeling. Others are basking – even gloating – about another public Christian who has seemingly fallen from grace. Tim Lambesis, the affable, charismatic and thoughtful front-man for the metal band As I Lay Dying, has been arrested for allegedly attempting to pay a… [more]
Why big data has nothing on God’s omnipotence
I’ve been thinking a lot about what we can do with data lately, and also its limits. A recent article at The Verge describes how the extensive amount of surveillance information about the Boston Marathon did not help as much as one would think in preventing the tragic attack that… [more]
ESPN’s surprisingly civil debate about sin and homosexuality
NBA player Jason Collins made headlines this week with his announcement that he is gay. Collins is the first player in the four major American sports leagues to do so. During an ensuing discussion of Collins on ESPN’s Outside the Lines, analyst Chris Broussard stated that as a Christian, he… [more]
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Allison Backous It is a good model for all of us to pursue conversation that requires us to be active, not just people who leave soundbites and judgment.
ESPN’s surprisingly civil debate about sin and homosexuality
Heidi Fogle I guess I see beauty in 'nature' and it's an iconic reminder of God that takes my admiration and focus to Him, but with all beauty? I guess I don't. I have to ask myself why.
Dove’s beauty campaign and the danger of always looking at ourselves
Jason E. Summers Much of the legitimate task of the military is not the wielding of weapons, but rather protection and preparedness (defensive measures achieved independent of threat-based deterrence).
The weakness of the Pentagon and the power of the cross
KoryPlockmeyer If the 'like' functions as a nonverbal affirmative communication, should Facebook introduce more such cues? Would a 'dislike' button be used to show negative nonverbals?
Don’t fear Facebook’s ‘Like’ button
coryzipperle Christ was a healer to propagate the Gospel. He didn't simply heal sick people - there was a more important purpose in his healing. Are we furthering the Gospel with our pharmaceutical practices?
Smart drugs: playing fair or playing God?
JKana I would rather let the social majority have its way on such legal issues. For my part, I'm inclined to live in such a way that biblical morality is more attractive than the alternatives, legal or not.
Separating morality and legality