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Where ideas flourish   Where do ideas flourish? Do they flourish in places of hardship and hunger? Do they flourish in places of need? Necessity is the mother of invention.   Where do ideas wither? Do they wither when crushed under...

Reflection 6: Folly, Faith, and Christ An early Christian scholar’s statement, I believe because it is absurd (Tertullian 2nd–3rd C), is often quoted to confirm any hostile suspicion that intelligence is superfluous to faith (this is sometimes a “Christian” excuse for not thinking). Yet...

As COVID19 spread beyond China, Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi appeared on screen to provide the country with an update. He was sweating profusely. The following day, Harirchi tested positive to the virus. This could be viewed as an unfortunate...

Reflection 4: ‘Touching’ in a Socially Distant Culture Throughout my life of walking with Jesus of Nazareth, the story in which he reaches out to touch the man with a communicable disease, and in that action heals the man, has had...