https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWuFzgjxszs&t=503s Not sure how, but I stumbled across this video on YouTube about a bloke that gave up porn and had a better sex life and marriage with his wife. We are just starting to see the effects of porn in how it effects mental health, conditions the brain, and contributes to erectile dysfunction.... Continue Reading →
Reason and the heart
"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of...We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart" - Blaise Pascal
An Observed Grief III: Concluding/non-Conclusive Thoughts
It's taken me a while to close these brief reflections, as I honestly couldn't summarise what I wanted to say. As far as grief is concerned, it is true that grief does subside (though suffering may not). Even if your suffering does not disappear in this life, it will at the coming of Jesus Christ for... Continue Reading →
Upgrade
Do you remember the late 90's music/variety show Recovery? Well, not many people seem to remember waking up on Saturday morning, watching RAGE on ABC which was then followed by Recovery (or did they tune into Video Hits?). Either way, the guy that would do the music reviews, Leigh Whannel, is the writer/director of Upgrade... Continue Reading →
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Spoilers I recently re-watched the original Jurassic Park after some years and was pleasantly reminded about just how great a film it is. The effects still hold up very well, and it is an incredibly well paced and constructed movie with great characters. I grew up watching the film and gained a newfound appreciation for it from... Continue Reading →
The Pear Tree
"Theft is punished by thy law, O Lord, and by the law written in men's hearts, which not even ingrained wickedness can erase. For what thief will tolerate another thief stealing from him? Even a rich thief will not tolerate a poor thief who is driven to theft by want. Yet I had a desire... Continue Reading →
Karl Barth on Man-made Religion
"Our relation to God is ungodly. We suppose that we know what we are saying when we say “God.” We assign to him the highest place in our world: and in so doing we place him fundamentally on one line with ourselves and with things. We assume that he needs something: and so we assume... Continue Reading →
A Heart of Winter
"Gradually I became interested in this book called the Bible. Yet somehow I was uneasy about the idea of reading it. Sometimes I would think to myself, Well, I guess it won't kill me not to read the Bible, and I would talk myself out of buying a copy. Somewhere in my heart was the... Continue Reading →
A few thoughts about Harmony Day
I wrote the following in an email to a group of fellow students prior to Harmony Day about 3 years ago. It was in response to some theological troubles I'd had with the idea of Harmony Day and my participation in a class activity to acknowledge Harmony Day. I hope you find it helpful. ... Continue Reading →
Economics: filling in the gaps
The more I review my high school education, the more I question the kinds of things we were taught, or not taught. For example, it is common for many of my cohort to have issues with identifying grammar. I saw this particularly when studying Japanese late last year, where people did not know how to... Continue Reading →
Through the Eye of the Needle 