Ex nihilo. It sounds like something you would buy at Wal-Mart for a lower back injury, a miracle cream to heal your aching muscles. It’s actually a Latin term that means “out of nothing”. Christian theologians use the term to… Continue Reading
“From this we may gather that man’s nature, so to speak, is a perpetual factory of idols…Man’s mind, full as it is of pride and boldness, dares to imagine a god according to its own capacity; as it sluggishly plods,… Continue Reading
Apparently one is not supposed to plant a Magnolia tree close to the house. As first-time home buyers my wife and I were not aware of this tip. We liked looking out our bedroom window and seeing the beautiful flowering… Continue Reading
“Is dat funny”, says my daughter as she dances on the table after being told for the fourteenth time that we don’t dance on the kitchen table. Part of me wants to laugh with her. But the other part of… Continue Reading