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Reflections on a Triathlon

Last Sunday morning I participated in the Lake Chaparral Triathlon in Calgary, AB. A friend named Kent and I were a team in this relay style event (Team K2). I swam the 1.5 km swim portion and then jumped on a bike and rode the 40 km cycling section before passing my timing chip to…

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Dreams and Empire

Lasn likens life in what he calls America™ to life in a cult in which “we have been recruited into roles and behavior patterns we did not consciously choose.” Does the child who sits in front of a television set for three to four hours a day, shops at the mall with her parents, goes…

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Atheism

“A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell.” – C. S. Lewis. “A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.” – C.…

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A Verdict in Spite of the Evidence

More brilliant insight from Alister McGrath. There is no doubt that the debate over how we generate and justify our beliefs is immensely important . . . . In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the way in which people sustain their belief systems. The evidence is disturbing, especially for those who continue…

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Science and Faith

I am again reading and writing on the interactions of science and faith. I have been reading Alister McGrath’s book, Dawkins’ God: Genes, Memes, and the Meaning of Life. Maybe one day I will write a book about my own journey relative to science and faith. It is an important topic and one that has…

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