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On Being a Stumbling Block
By
Jason Boyett
My friend and fellow writer Rachel Held Evans — her upcoming book Evolving in Monkey Town is excellent, btw — wrote an intriguing blog post Tuesday about being a stumbling block to other believers. Like Rachel, I grew up in a church youth-group culture where we feared being a stumbling block to others almost as…
8 Things I’ve Learned from Watching Lost
By
Jason Boyett
After six seasons, Lost ended last night. Maybe you were aware of it. I’m not going to try to recap or analyze the mind-blowing finale in any way, other than to say you can count me among the viewers who were satisfied with the way the series wrapped up. It was ambiguous, of course, and…
Contest: Matter, Antimatter & Metaphor
By
Jason Boyett
It’s contest time. On Tuesday, a bunch of physicists at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced the results of a particle accelerator experiment they’ve been doing over the last eight years. “Many of us felt goose bumps when we saw the result,” said Stefan Soldner-Rembold, a particle physicist at the University of…
Is Doubt an Eraser?
By
Jason Boyett
“Eraser Heads” by David Heyward at Naked Pastor We often think of doubt and faith as opposites. Either you have one or the other. The presence of faith means you’ve victoriously shoved doubt aside. The presence of doubt means your faith is on the verge of crumbling. We think doubt means taking the stuff you…
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