Articles
Please find below a collection of recent articles. Feel free to browse by category and date on the right sidebar.
previously published in October 2004 Occasionally I hear the question, “Can you be a scientist and believe in God at the same time?” Despite my own religious beliefs and upbringing, I believe this question certainly deserves considerable…
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previously published on September 2004 “For I know the plans I have for you, plans for good and not evil, plans to give you a future and a hope.” (Jer. 29:11) In December 1993, I came back from Mongolia, where I had been working as a…
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While I was in school I took a class on Phytochemicals, which are non-caloric, non-nutrient substances found in plant foods. Although they are non-essential, they serve to provide health benefits and may help to protect from some diseases. One category of the…
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“I want to be a farmer!” I told my mother. She stared at me, then, in her motherly wisdom, she said, “My daughter, first graduate physical therapy school, and then you can do whatever you want.” I was 25 years old, just graduated from…
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Summer sounds like a good time to start up a teaching/learning blog again. We've had a lot of life changes around here, including moving (again), finding a new job (again), and starting in a new school (again.) Starting new isn't easy. There have been many…
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previously published in July 2005 Nietzsche once said, “Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.” Freedom is not the absence of rules and regulations, but the capacity to exercise choice in deciding whose guidelines and principles…
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previously published in July 2004 “I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” This is a passage taken from Jesus’ longest…
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“I have come that you may live life to the fullest.” These are the words of Jesus to us from John 10:10. Just how can I live life to the fullest? Especially when we live in a world so polluted by humanity and sin. The answer is simple, yet many…
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Growing up in church, attending Christian schools, my childhood was engrossed in bible stories and lessons about God’s love for man and His grand plan to redeem us. From a young age, I always strove to have a personal relationship with the Lord in…
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We were trying to figure out what to do for outreach. It was a beautiful day, a rare occasion for the stormy, cold and strangely snowy March we had this year. My friend Robin suggested that we take advantage of the good weather and go down to the park by the…
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