Mind & Soul

Neil Armstrong Walks On The Moon

Apollo 11 and The Human Spirit

Fifty years ago, at 10:56 PM Eastern time, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first human beings to set foot on another heavenly body.… Read more

A Reasonable Explanation For Reason Itself

A Reasonable Explanation For Reason Itself

Where do reason and logic come from? Can your brain explain everything about how you think? Is it just a moist computer or are there differences… Read more

Mind Boggling Silence

There are two basic views (and some sub-categories of each) about how to understand the relationship between the brain and the mind. The first, physicalism, says that the… Read more

Stop Staring, Please

Two and a half weeks ago, my dermatologist performed a Moh’s surgery procedure on me to remove a patch of squamous cell skin cancer from… Read more

The Chiffon Delusion

If you’re as old as me, you may remember the annoyingly catchy commercials for Chiffon Margarine that assured us that “If you think it’s butter,… Read more

Thinking Allowed

I have been challenged recently (on several fronts — some just internally) about the purpose and usefulness of Christian apologetics. I don’t take the challenge… Read more

Passing On Our Narcissism

If you turn your TV on these days, you can’t avoid hearing about the Casey Anthony trial going on down in Florida — the details… Read more

Nephesh

Moses, the writer of the Genesis creation account, used the word nephesh (Hebrew: soul, self, life, creature, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion) to describe… Read more

Larry Bird, R.I.P.

We just buried our family’s pet cockatiel, Larry. He was not an extraordinarily bright or talented bird – he thought he had a twin brother… Read more

Why Get On The Bike?

What is it that motivates you? What is it that gives your life meaning and purpose? Is it simply the chemicals and biological material that… Read more