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Many believe that philosophy is a niche activity of adult intellectuals. This view perpetuates a misconception, that children are incapable of deep and profound thinking about the world. The reality …

In some expressions of religious thought there exists some significant confusion around the concepts of “truth” and “love.” This struggle persists due to the apparent conflict between the two. Someti…

For many years now, there has been a scientific and spiritual revolution underway that is transforming both landscapes. This conceptual transformation celebrates the great scientific discoveries of o…

The public conversation on gender and identity in the social and political arenas is frequently a cacophony of pejoratives, talking past one another, steamrolling, and ignorance. There persists a bas…

The public debate on abortion is one of the most contentious and divisive topics of public life. The June 2022 United States Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (http…

Our worsening ecological crisis is wreaking havoc all over the world and is increasingly threatening the viability of life on this planet. But while this continued degradation of pollution and extrac…

The discovery and study of genetics began in 1896 when a Swiss chemist, Johann Friedrich Miescher identified a protein that he called nuclein, which later became known as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).…

The ecological crisis that we call climate change is upon us and populations around the world are suffering devastating loss, forced migration, and death. And persistent scientific analysis for almos…

The issue of gun violence continues to be a persistent problem in the United States. There are simply no words for the tragic loss of life that we witness on a regular basis made worse by the divisiv…

Silicon Valley has a reputation for being the hub of technological innovation and world disruption. It may surprise some to learn that for many corporations, achieving that aim includes the cultivati…

Justice is a core aim of many spiritual and religious traditions, the idea that to heal a broken world requires condemning behaviors that violate the humanity of another human being. And the systems …

Krispin Mayfield is a licensed therapist residing in Portland OR. His book Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience is a wonderful introduction to attachment theory, but it i…

Dr. David P. Gushee has been an insider to Evangelicalism for decades as a professor, author, and pastor. He has written and published extensively on Christian Ethics, Theology, and Political engagem…

Mitosis is an incredibly intelligent process by which our human bodies grow, and repair. When something damaging happens to our bodies, our cellular systems respond by regenerating and replacing dama…

Jeremy Lent is the author of The Patterning Instinct, a vast sweep of what he calls a “cognitive history” that reveals and illuminates how we have come to shape our world. His second book, The Web of…