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Jun 19, 2009

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Original mysteries

Why are Christians so resolutely locked into combative camps about human origins, closed to serious dialogue with one another? This makes it difficult for us to seriously consider scientific discoveries about the natural world alongside the Bible as the trustworthy story of God.

Jun 19, 2009

The solace of asparagus

Any time I’m in the kitchen I’m only seconds away from disaster—and yet, despite the rough-draft quality of some meals, I’m always trying to communicate through the language of food, simply, “I care about you.”

Jun 19, 2009

Week of June 14, 2009

A wunderkammer of discoveries, compiled by Comment and illuminated for our readers' edification and entertainment. We do not necessarily endorse the external content below.Comment friends Rob and Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma are touring Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa,...

Berge Blaas Blomme

Jun 12, 2009

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Berge Blaas Blomme

In early 2008, micro-electrodes implanted in Zak Benjamin's brain relieved the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. Zak regained his mobility. The burden of his second chance weighed heavily, and it was difficult to start work again.An Oprah show, where a husband and wife...

Jun 12, 2009

Week of June 7, 2009

A wunderkammer of discoveries, compiled by Comment and illuminated for our readers' edification and entertainment. We do not necessarily endorse the external content below.Comment passes its deepest regrets to the family of Gerald Folkerts, renowned Winnipeg artist,...

Jun 12, 2009

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Thoughts on executive pay and income inequality

Does an economic system that bases compensation on productivity, leading to a huge income gap, meet the test of basic fairness and justice? Or are we seeing—like the Boston Red Sox destroying a local Little League team—unfair and predetermined outcomes?

Jun 12, 2009

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Optimistic? Pessimistic? Realistic?

According to Newsweek, we may be well be witnessing “The End of Christian America” as we have known it. Instead of transforming culture, the culture may in fact have transformed the church.

Yet the key, going forward, is realism. The good creation is very fallen; the fallen creation is very good. In what spirit will you press on?

Cain and Abel

Jun 5, 2009

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Cain and Abel

Gelatin silver print 1996Cain and Abel is not a piece of recent work, but it is the most requested and reproduced. In a sort of reverse engineering, the picture was taken on a whim while testing a new camera. It was only while looking at the proof sheet a few months...