Olson’s article ought to give us pause to reflect on how we often think about such a resurrection, and the immortality promised us in Christ.

Would “nature rights” even be an issue were Christians laboring to protect nature and help it to flourish?

We fear that we’ve become monotonous, boring, and irrelevant, and so we respond to that fear with irony in an attempt to imply that we don’t care, that we’re not bothered, that we’re not tired.

There are some people for whom the enjoyment of Black Friday is essentially hardwired into their physiology.

Beyond the obvious journalistic ethics at play in this tragedy, an event like this naturally causes us to wonder what we’d have done, had we been there.

Knowledge is a powerful thing, especially when it involves helpless human beings who are utterly at our mercy.

Perhaps the most important is creating a safe environment in which the bad guys in their little minds are easily vanquished.

According to some, extraverts have taken over our churches and our culture, marginalizing introverts in the process. But what if there is no grand conspiracy against introverts?

Markobi’s routine feels like it could fall apart at any moment — which is precisely what makes it so enjoyable.

How we talk to children matters.

Let’s not forget that our value and quality don’t ultimately reside in mere data, but rather, comes from a deeper, truer Knowledge.

How do you argue with people who take a different stance than you, be it on childhood vaccines, politics, religion, or any other (controversial) topic?

International adoption is something that must be pursued and practiced with great wisdom, lest our efforts to help the fatherless cause them more harm than good.

What Bjelke and Shapiro model for each other is a relationship based on mutual respect, admiration, and kindness, as well as shared goals.

Galimberti’s photos are a helpful reminder that I need to be thoughtful about the toys and other possessions that I give my children because I want them to be thoughtful about their material goods.

The history of war contains examples of enemies putting aside their differences, if only for a brief moment, and showing each other honor, dignity, and mercy.

Our selfish hearts always want to place our own pleasure and desires first, without the exposure, responsibility, and sacrifice that true intimacy entails.

All cheekiness aside, I do find this list pretty encouraging, and ample evidence of science’s ability to be a great benefit and blessing to humanity.

Let us hope that saner minds — and warmer hearts — will eventually prevail.

What do I want more, to see Westboro humiliated and receiving their (richly deserved) comeuppance? Or to see them repenting of their hatred and becoming a true church that displays the love and grace of Christ?