March2020
Wedding jitters and life transitions
Being married “ ‘til death do us part” is a big deal, so how much more important is the baptismal commitment, which is intended to last into eternity?!
The long, harrowing, bloody history of persecution of Christians
A new book chronicles two millennia of hostility towards Christianity.
Not-so-fantastic plastic
The technological marvel of the twentieth century that is synthetic plastic has proven to have knock-on effects that no-one saw coming. Are there any useful solutions on the way?
My first cruise
Turquoise tropical lagoons, swaying palms . . . but you may have to sleep on the floor, and don’t forget to bring the medical supplies!
Moral machines?
Technology is advancing in leaps and bounds. But the thorny problem of ethics remains: if humans can’t even get it right, how are we expected to teach a computer the difference between right and wrong?
Of skin and scales
So many of us fear what we don’t understand . . . and who we don’t understand. It seems automatic. Does that mean we might be hardwired for racism, or is it a learned attitude?
The survivors
Those who survive may suffer, but they’re strong. And, as the Bible says, “the one who stands firm to the end will be saved”.
God’s new world
Human attempts to manufacture utopia have invariably failed. But God has something incredible planned, beyond our wildest dreams.
