Poet Mary Oliver once wrote, “I don’t know exactly what a prayer is, but I know how to pay attention.” When I look around, it’s apparent to me that we are living in a spiritual wilderness. People do not know how to pray. The collective “groaning too deep for words” is almost audible. There is…
“So. Heidi. What gives you joy?” My new friend’s question wasn’t meant to be deep or probing, just a cordial segue into light conversation. Still, I had to think a minute before answering. “My grandkids,” I began. “Motorcycles. Dogs. The outdoors. Writing.” I thought more about it the next day. What brings me joy? It’s…
Every child will have an AI tutor that is infinitely patient, infinitely compassionate, infinitely knowledgeable, infinitely helpful.” These are the words of the web pioneer Marc Adreessen, writing about how “AI Will Save the World.” Such optimistic claims are not new. The rise of the world wide web came with predictions that it would be…
And now faith, hope, and love abide… and the greatest of these is love. – I Cor. 13:13 Last month I left you with the story of Mrs. Jansen who felt conflicted because she lied to a German commandant about hiding Jews in her house. Her husband consoled her with these words: “Yes, my dear,…
Jesus said to him [Thomas], “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” – John 14: 6a My parents told me this story. It is 1943 in Holland during the height of the Nazi occupation of that country. Everywhere Jews are rounded up for shipping to concentration camps. Able-bodied Dutch men are required…
“I believe…” How do you finish this sentence? Some people throw around the word “believe” as if it were like the Nike tagline, “Just Do It.” Just believe. Many say, “Believe in yourself.” Charles M. Schulz once said, “It doesn’t matter what you believe just so long as you’re sincere.” I hope that was a…
I remember once walking as a boy with my father in some fields around our house. I was probably about nine years old. As we made our way, we came across a bird that fluttered and hopped on the ground. Its wing was bent and looked broken, and the bird appeared to be in distress….
“Computers: Are they conquering our world?” That was the title of an article published in Christian Courier (CC) more than 40 years ago. “The possibilities for manipulation of people,” columnist and labour expert Harry Antonides wrote in 1982, “by controlling and slanting information and news via the new systems of communication are staggering.” He was…
The recently released Netflix movie Don’t Look Up is a satirical film featuring a star-studded cast of actors. It’s a gripping story about a comet heading for earth as a metaphor for climate change, but it also provides a profound commentary on American politics, entertainment, and social media. Leonardo DiCaprio plays an astronomer named Dr….
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I watched a televised debate recently among 20 or so Democratic presidential candidates. As they engaged with the topic of immigration, Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, observed that “the Republican Party likes to cloak itself in the language of religion. . .
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