“About one-third of the human brain is devoted to vision,” writes neuroscientist David Eagleman in his bestselling book on the brain Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain. So when a blind person stops receiving visual input from their eyes, their brain-power can be reprogrammed to receive it in another way. Visual-tactile substitution glasses can take… [Read more…]
November 21, 2011
Working on The Art of Dying, I was over and over again struck by the fact that Christians used to take their physical bodies really, really seriously. Part of what has made modern dying more difficult than it was in previous generations is that we do not give our due to our physical selves. Instead,… [Read more…]
September 15, 2011
More congregations than ever are hosting Ramsey’s Financial Peace University. Now he’s looking at their budgets, too. Originally published in Christianity Today. It’s December 28, two days after the last Sunday of 2010. Dick Giesler has just reviewed the year’s financial numbers—three years after the start of the country’s worst economic disaster in nearly a… [Read more…]
September 12, 2011
Christian thinkers weigh in on whether family or friends should intervene if a terminally ill Christian decides against life-extending treatment.
April 7, 2011
My soul burns ardently to understand
March 31, 2011
Questions I've been asked about my book.
February 12, 2011
We are called to be co-creators of a flourishing life on Earth.
February 10, 2011
Christians in the marketplace, says Jeff Van Duzer, are not second-class citizens of the kingdom.
February 8, 2011
Heaven Is for Real seeks to prove that element of our faith that is farthest from empirical proof.
February 3, 2011
I’ve been continually impressed by the reviews of The Art of Dying. But this one, from Hearts and Minds Bookstore, blew me away. I’d like to quote it in full, then encourage readers to read the rest of their best books of the year and then patronize the store.
December 30, 2011
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