Imagine a world where language is dying. In this world, everyone you know is afflicted with a strange malady. Every day, each person forgets a random handful of words. One by one, once-familiar nouns, verbs and adjectives simply slip away. At first the effect is barely noticeable. Though the English language has around 200,000 words, only a few thousand …
[In this essay, I explore the meaning of “myth”, particularly as it relates to Christianity. I explore how myth works, and a number of the unexpected places mythic motifs can be found. This leads up to an examination of C.S. Lewis’ claim that Christianity communicates the “myth become fact” – that Christianity works at the …
The way we understand reality usually develops incrementally. We build slowly on what we know, using methods we have reasons to trust. This is as true of our personal relationships as it is of our approach to the physical world. Most people are naturally wary, changing their opinions of people and things only gradually. Yet, …
I hate Henry. I hate the way he gets caught against the door-frames of my house. I hate the sight of one mocking eye studying me with contempt. I hate the way his electric flex always catches around his wheels. I hate the way his hose intermittently kinks and blocks off suction. I hate the …
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” – Hamlet Act 1 Scene 5 Problems of perspective As children mature into adulthood, tension often develops with their parents. The struggle tells of the complexity in reconciling two unique perspectives bound up in the parent-child bond. The child, …
[This is an extended version of a review of James K A Smith’s book “How (Not) to be Secular”, which is published over at UCCF’s BeThinking website] “I want so badly to believe, that there is truth, that love is real. And I want life in every word, to the extent that it’s absurd.” – Clark …
