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...
The Problem with Jedi
When I was in fourth grade, our science teacher had us seal rotting bananas in plastic bottles for a week. It was part of an...
Star Trek, the Hobbit, and the Meaning of Christmas
One of my favorite characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation is Q, a being rather like Mister Mxyzptlk in Superman, who can alter reality...
Nietzsche’s eternal return – and its eternal answer
Nietzsche thought that Christianity’s chief perversion was its inability to appreciate life as it was; he thought we were always pining after some abstract, cold,...
What would Gandalf do?
In Lord of the Rings there are several wizards, but the ones I want to talk about in this post are Gandalf and Radagast. Let...
Is Birth Control Coverage a Feminist Cause?
I have wondered for a while about the birth control debate. I have heard many, many of my friends say that not covering birth control...
Worship music may be a bigger problem than you think.
This was going to be a quick facebook rant, but the more I thought about it, the longer it got, until it ended up being...
The Dark Side of Human Rights: Part 2
(This makes much better sense if you first read Part 1.) First I would like a moment to thank everyone for bearing with me over...
The Dark Side of Human Rights: Part 1
“Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom,...