Opinion

• Cow Cuddling, Goat Yoga, and Comfort Ducks: The Cure to Loneliness is Connection, not Critters All of us have times when we want to be pampered. For some, that means a few hours at a day spa or a hike in the great outdoors. But another option is now available, courtesy of a farm in upstate New York: cow cuddling. Jul 15, 2019

  

  Cow Cuddling, Goat Yoga, and Comfort Ducks: The Cure to Loneliness is Connection, not Critters
• Novak Djokovic, Floods in Louisiana, and Outages in NYC: The Power of Perseverance In a day when humans can land a spacecraft on an asteroid and cameras can automatically translate signs for travelers, it is hard to understand why we must live at the mercy of forces we cannot predict or control. But we do. Jul 15, 2019

  

  Novak Djokovic, Floods in Louisiana, and Outages in NYC: The Power of Perseverance
• Have You Been Outside Today?: The Spiritual Cost of Isolation from Creation One of the defining features of God’s Word is how often it points us to God’s world. Much of Scripture, in fact, assumes a certain level of understanding about nature. So, it would seem, if we fail to go outdoors, if we fail to... Jul 12, 2019

  

  Have You Been Outside Today?: The Spiritual Cost of Isolation from Creation
• The Latest on the Gulf Coast Crisis: The Relevance of Our Father and Our Faith Tropical Storm Barry is causing a crisis on the American Gulf Coast. It is forecasted to make landfall along the Louisiana coast tonight or tomorrow and could strengthen into a hurricane beforehand. Jul 12, 2019

  The Latest on the Gulf Coast Crisis: The Relevance of Our Father and Our Faith
• Virtual-Reality Reality: The Simulation Hypothesis as Secular Religion The scene is movie legend: Morpheus sits with Neo beside a fireplace while a storm rages outside, and tells him that the world he calls reality—what he sees when he looks out the window or turns on the television, when he goes... Jul 11, 2019

  Virtual-Reality Reality: The Simulation Hypothesis as Secular Religion
• ‘Soft-Story’ Structures Threaten Half a Million People: Why Crisis Reveals Character If a structural engineer in Southern California is right, half a million people in his state are living in buildings that are likely to collapse if an earthquake strikes. Jul 11, 2019

  ‘Soft-Story’ Structures Threaten Half a Million People: Why Crisis Reveals Character
• Was George Washington Really a Christian? In a San Francisco high school named after the father of our country, George Washington, a large mural of him that has been around for decades is now being painted over because some were offended by it. Jul 10, 2019

  Was George Washington Really a Christian?
• Why Listening Matters. Even If You Think the Other Side Is Wrong. Just a few years ago, the church was battling the secular culture on controversial issues like abortion, homosexuality and religious freedom. Now, we within the church seem to be battling each other on these issues, more and... Jul 10, 2019

  Why Listening Matters. Even If You Think the Other Side Is Wrong.
• So the Next Generation Will Know: Preparing Young Christians for a Challenging World Here’s something you may not realize… officially speaking, the emerging generation are not “the millennials.” Anyone born after 1997 is part of the generation that has been dubbed, for reasons I’m not completely sure about,... Jul 10, 2019

  So the Next Generation Will Know: Preparing Young Christians for a Challenging World
• The Legacy of Ross Perot: How to Be Your Best Self Ross Perot died yesterday morning in Dallas after a five-month battle with leukemia. He was eighty-nine. Jul 10, 2019

  The Legacy of Ross Perot: How to Be Your Best Self