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It’s been a long time coming, but a debate that’s been brewing for decades—no, centuries—has finally broken out. I’m referring to the exchange between Pope Leo and Elon Musk. The issue arose in a conversation that Pope Leo had with a journalist. In referring to a report that Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire,…
I.O.U.
I attended a pricey Christian liberal arts college in the late sixties. Tuition, room and board, and books and supplies ran a little over two thousand dollars a year. That was a big price tag in those days when earning $1.50 to $2.00 an hour was common for part-time and summer jobs. Of course, there…
Feuding
I feel a special kind of pain when two people whom I admire greatly are locked in a feud. That is the situation with two monumentally significant songwriters and performers, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Some may argue that the feud is Mitchell’s problem, given that she has criticized Dylan more than Dylan has replied…
Reflecting on Priorities
One of the most terrifying aspects of Hitler’s rise to power was the support he received from the churches in Germany and Austria. Jesus wanted the Church to be the leaven that would transform the cultures in which it grew. All too often, however, cultures end up transforming—or should we say deforming—the Church. Nazi Germany…
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
I have loved baseball for as long as I can remember. My brother, a year and a half older, loved the sport as well. Any summer day when it wasn’t raining would find us outside playing catch until dark. Contact with our heroes—we were loyal Chicago White Sox fans—was almost entirely through radio. Once my…
Clear Sight
There are certain truths that are easy to forget. I was reminded of one of those truths this past week when I came across a question that someone had sent into a scientific journal. The question was “Outside of earth, is there any place a human could survive for even ten seconds?” The scientist responded…