Healing Hereafter

Or in my son's case, sacrificing the tree for the branch! He has this little quirk that my wife and I have noticed in him from even his earliest days: An inexplicable antagonism toward trees. He's not afraid of them, and he's never had a bad experience with them (to our knowledge). He just likes...

Well, it took 30 years, but I've finally witnessed a fully functioning Mousetrap board game! We had about 2/3 of one when I was a kid, and try my best, I couldn't figure out what the missing pieces were or did. This was maddening, as I just knew the mouse trap contraption would be awesome once...

It's a mixed blessing. At a certain point in child development—and I suspect that no parent escapes this—your adorable tot will start giving you the play-by-play of every event that occurs. Not by reporting them like a supercharged sportscaster, but rather by asking why each of them is taking...

There are many people who believe we must choose between logic and faith, that atheism is a sign of objective thought while theism is a sign of subjective belief. To their credit, they rightly point out that appealing to sacred texts or subjective experiences to “prove” the existence of a deity is...

We've all been hoodwinked at one time or another, whether by getting tricked instead of treated on Halloween, by a salesperson who misrepresented a product in way we wanted to hear, or by a politician who employed persuasive promises that weren't so convincing after he/she was elected. It's...

The whole point of the book series Healing Hereafter is not only to heal people's understanding of the biblical hereafter but also to help heal the more immediate hereafters of the world's poorest. Although you can instantly download all or any part of the series that interests you for free, you...

I'm excited to share an experience with you, since it gave me plenty of food for thought. Well, actually it was really just thought since I couldn't stay long enough for the free desserts! Shoulda planned that better. I attended a compelling, sobering, and thought-provoking seminar given by Robert...

Few things make people visibly cringe more than parents naming their kids something utterly baffling. Eating liver is one of those things, but we can all still sympathize with the North Wests, Apple Paltrows, and Kal-Els of the world who at some point early in life had to be asking mom and dad...

This week I was privileged to officially be welcomed into the Effective Altruism community, which strives to objectively research the most cost-effective and productive ways to improve and save the lives of the people most in need in our world. There is a diversity of passions in this community...

I just returned home from playing 18 holes of mini-golf with my wife and three other very special people (as pictured): my two sons and my 10 year-old mentee. Given the recent increase in very emotionally-charged conversations about race and the situation of black males in particular, I've thought...