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When Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell travelled to space, he experienced an overwhelmingly profound sense of universal connectedness. In his own words, “The presence of divinity became almost palpable, and I knew that life in the universe was not just an accident...
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During this past week’s episode, Chris suggested that we bloggers were acting a bit like the astronauts who early on realized that perhaps their real mission was not to move out beyond earth, but to turn the camera around and look back at the earth. I like the...
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I was thinking about asking a friend from church over for dinner the other day, and then I started playing that out in my head as to how it would go: What would I serve? When I would clean? Should I re-arrange the furniture? Maybe the shabby-chic-garage-sale look in...
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At some point in Rev. Eric Elnes’ recent conversation with Rev. Michael Dowd about religious naturalism, my hyperactive brain flashed on a scene from one of my favorite British mystery series, “Inspector Lewis.” Lewis (sitting outside a pub gazing at...
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I. Evolution, the Universe … and Jesus? I hope you have been enjoying our Lenten Darkwood Brew series as much as I have. Someone asked me the other day what the evolution of the universe has to do with Jesus and Lent. I thought the answer was obvious. I should have...