Some Sunday school stories linger long in our minds, especially those with animals in them, like Daniel in the lion’s den and Jonah and the whale. The impossibilities of the Daniel-story and fable-like characteristics of the Jonah-story make a big impression. Our imaginations are engaged, which is a good thing after all. My sons listened wide-eyed as they…
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201. The divisive debate is the bait
Most people would agree that we live in extraordinary times. It’s not very often in history that we are all so aware of the world as a global village facing a common enemy, scrambling for solutions on multiple levels. During the past few years, we have often heard the accusations of unscientific thinking and the adulation…