The Sense of Stories
The Meaning of Meaning I have said that complexity without meaning is worthless. But what sort of meaning, exactly, are we looking for in the...
Death: The Way Out
It was September 16, 2017. I finished the last note of my song and stepped off the stage. Everyone was in black. Quite a few...
Does the World need a Purpose?
We live in not only a planet, but a world – that is, not in a place of only physical meaning and substance, but with...
Missing Wonder
In this post I want to talk about trees. There is a lot more to be said about trees than you might think, and that...
John Cage and Chaos
Cage and Chaos “The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.”...
The Golden Ratio
The Golden Ratio Recently, I finished a book by Dr. Mario Livio, a distinguished Israeli-American astrophysicist, entitled The Golden Ratio. If you divide a line...
Mind over Matter
Spirit over Mind over Body We live in a world with three intertwined dimensions: physical, mental, and spiritual (see my previous posts for details). I...
Astronomy of the Bible
I’ve been doing a great deal of reading lately, trying to see how many different areas of life connect to the mindset that I’ve explained...
The Universal Symphony
In my previous post, I said that we lived in a triune world: physical, mental, spiritual. Let me try to explain just what that means,...
The Other Dimensions
What if I told you that there were other planes of being woven into our physical world? What if I told you that what we...