“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 3, 2010
I was struck while talking with Dallas Willard last week at Trinity International University by the philosopher’s similarity in spiritual practice to a number of Asian Christians I have known. In my trips to China and Korea, as well as my experience with Asian Christians in the U.S. they consistently have a deep and living… [Read more…]
October 30, 2010
Dallas Willard, the University of Southern California professor and author of books on spiritual formation, spoke at Trinity International University last week on seeking the kingdom of God. A fuller report on his message is available from Trinity, however, I especially enjoyed Willard’s remarks on where to seek the Kingdom of God. Willard said that… [Read more…]
October 29, 2010
For many churches this week, there won’t be any Styrofoam grave stones, skeletons or spooky signs of death and decay. Instead of morbid celebrations of Halloween, there will be innocuously termed—and innocuously decorated—”Harvest Parties.” It’s Halloween cleaned up, made appropriate even for the youngest congregants. But maybe that’s a wrong approach. Halloween, also known as… [Read more…]
December 30, 2011
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